Download or read book Climbing Higher A Life In Poetry written by Randy Goss and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goss illustrates how real-life poetry goes beyond the niceties of the norm and gives meaning where meaning has been lost.
Download or read book Climbing Higher written by Montel Williams and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2005-01-04 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Television icon and New York Times bestselling author Montel Williams reveals his true story of struggle and triumph in this frank and compelling memoir. In 1999, after almost twenty years of symptoms, Montel Williams, a decorated naval officer and Emmy Award-winning talk show host, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Like others suffering from the devastating disease, he was struck with denial, fear, depression, and anger—but he is battling back. Graced with strong values, courage, and hard-won wisdom, he shares his insights in this powerful book on the divergent roads a life can take, and recounts how he rose to meet the challenges he's faced. Surprising, searing, and deeply personal, Climbing Higher is as honest and inspiring as its author.
Download or read book A Feeling for Rock written by Sarah-Jane Dobner and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Feeling for Rock is a visceral exploration of rock climbing as a passion and a lifestyle. Through a medley of poetry, cartoons, essays, interviews, weavings, photographs and technical tips, it conveys the experience of being bamboozled by a route, connecting with the landscape or flicking through a guidebook. In addition, the book ventures into ethical regions of gender bias and privilege and questions our relations with each other and the rock. Chapters are headed by different feelings - Love, Curiosity, Astonishment, Pain, Lust, Fear, Wonder, Companionship and so on - which lie at the core of a climbing life. A Feeling for Rock is perfect for dipping into or a more immersive read. Being full of pictures and soft to the touch, it is also rather a beautiful item to hold in your hands. "Rock climbing has shaped my body, my bookshelves, my boyfriends, my community, my employment, my home, my holidays, the clothes I wear, the vehicle I drive, how I spend my money and what happens when I die. I am a product of the rock. The dynamic is visceral, spiritual, intellectual and emotional - no area of me untouched by this curious hobby."
Download or read book High Infatuation written by Steph Davis and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2007-03-09 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * A collection of vivid, intimate essays and prose poetry on the universal themes of life, love, friendship, personal empowerment, and more, told through a career in climbing * 40 percent of these pieces debut here for the first time * Davis has been profiled in publications including Outside, Men's Journal, W Magazine, and Sports Illustrated. Throughout her life, Steph Davis has chosen to take risks, to trust her impulses, to make decisions based on what feels right inside -- and never look back. Studying to be a concert pianist, she quit music the day she was introduced to rock climbing. Later, she abandoned the respectability of university life and pursuit of a law degree to become a "dirtbag climber," living out of her grandmother's hand-me-down Oldsmobile sedan with Fletcher, a heeler mix dog. Today, through courage and perseverance, Davis is a high-profile athlete whose sponsors have included Patagonia, Mammut, Clif Bar, Five Ten and Cascade Designs. In High Infatuation, Davis writes on the universal themes of life, love, friendship, personal empowerment, and more, told through a career in climbing. We wait with her in the tent through weeks of rain, wind, snow, and sleet, hoping for the weather to improve in the mountains of Patagonia, then race with her up a towering rock wall of Yosemite's El Capitan in a single day. More than adventure stories, these pieces reveal Davis' soul. They draw us into her struggles with safety, independence, ambition, and compassion. By following the journey of this remarkable woman, we learn what it means to live a truly adventurous life.
Download or read book The Climb up Life s Mountain written by Pat Morrell-Donnelly and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-06-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Climb Up Life's Mountain" This is a book of poems written over the years through different challenges, problems, and losses. Pats feelings and thoughts come through in her words and expressions. One such loss was the devastating loss of her mother who was killed by a drunk driver. Her mother was forty five years of age. At the same time her father and young sister were critically injured. Then there were the sad losses of her sister and only brother to cancer. There were overwhelming business losses and personal problems. These life experiences are incorporated in her poetry. These one hundred twenty two poems were selected from over seven hundred poems she has written. Pat has had more than twenty five of her poems read at Memorial and Funeral Services. She is published in Poetry.Com and they have put some of her work on CDs. She has had a number of articles and poems published in the Realtoro Magazine, a real estate publication. Her poems have been used in Church Bulletins and published in a paper called Mountain Talk. Pat writes Personalized Poetry which tells about peoples lives, personal events as well as Patriotic, Political, Religious poems, motivational, inspirational, and poems on various other subjects. She has had thank you responses to her poems from the Queen of England, three different Presidents, one Presidents wife, the owner of a large clothing store chain, as well as other individuals.
Download or read book Getting Higher written by Andrew Greig and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2011-05-23 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alongside the mountain poems from Men on Ice, Order of the Day and Western Swing will be brand new material, facsimiles of previously unpublished material - including his first poem, written in 1972 - and illustrations and material from the National Library of Scotland archive. A beautiful collector's item full of illustrations, marginalia and notes.
Download or read book Poetic Climb written by Marilyn E. Patton Garcia and published by MARILYN GARCIA. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our times demand a reawakening; our times demand a reassessment of our spiritual compass. The words within these pages carry within them the energy and power from a higher realm. A realm of peace, happiness and Soul power. This realm is our true center - our spiritual core. We are whole in the eyes of our maker, it is us that fail to recognize the link and claim our place within the vortex of God's love. The ever present unconditional source of all life. Sacred Stones are like bridges over troubled waters, they can aid you in your journey from unconsciousness to consciousness, from fear to courage from anger and spite into the wonderland of divine love. For those that have strayed from the path of wholeness, of love, even those that are new on their quest of their higher purpose, and those that wish to refresh their spiritual countenance, the words in this book will again shine the light on your path giving you the knowingness and certitude of your divine heritage and destiny. And at last you would have found meaning and divine purpose in your life's journey restoring the fountain of joy and bliss that was always there in the first place. It is a promise.
Download or read book Advanced Rock Climbing written by Topher Donahue and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The old way of climbing was systematic, methodical, and consistent. Now it’s anything goes, reacting to every situation differently.” —Tommy Caldwell • For skilled climbers who want to push to the next level • Tips and advice from Tommy Caldwell, Steph Davis, Lynn Hill, Alex Honnold and more of the world’s best climbers • 250 color photographs and 12 illustrations Advanced Rock Climbing: Expert Skills and Techniques is for good climbers who want to get even better—from training to gear, sport climbing to multi-pitch efficiency, and beyond. Each chapter has detailed advice from some of the world’s best climbers and guides—Tommy Caldwell, Angela Hawse, Justen Sjong, Steph Davis, Sonny Trotter, Alex Honnold, Lynn Hill, and more. Through clear, step-by-step instruction, detailed color photographs, and hard-earned wisdom, this new guide helps strong climbers increase their speed on multi-pitch climbs, conserve energy on big faces, train for tendon strength, improvise self-rescue, and more. Advanced Rock Climbing is for someone who has been climbing for several years and aspires to transition from intermediate to advanced levels, experienced climbers who are stuck in a rut, and naturally talented climbers who are climbing high grades but who may not have the experience to go further safely.
Download or read book Climbing Life s Mountains written by Dorian D. Riley and published by Booklocker.com. This book was released on 2020-09-05 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climbing Life's Mountains speaks and ministers to the person who has directly or indirectly experienced hardship. This book compassionately transforms the reader's feelings of hopelessness to ones of triumph, as one can see themselves claiming victory over the trials and tribulations, that are unapologetically robbing them of their joy.
Download or read book The Sharp End of Life written by Dierdre Wolownick and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wife and mother. Teacher and musician. Marathoner and rock climber. At 66, Dierdre Wolownick-Honnold became the oldest woman to climb El Capitan in Yosemite--and in The Sharp End of Life: A Mother’s Story, she shares her intimate journey, revealing how her climbing achievement reflects a broader story of courage and persistence. Dierdre grew up under the watchful eyes of a domineering mother and realized early on that her parents’ plans for her future weren’t what she wanted for herself. Later, what seemed like a storybook romance brought escape, with new experiences and eye-opening travel, but she quickly discovered that her husband was not the happy-go-lucky man he had first appeared. Adapting as best she could, Dierdre juggled work and raising two young children, encouraging them to be fearlessly confident. She noted with delight how her “little lady” Stasia took it upon herself to look out for her baby brother, and watched in amazement as Alex (Honnold of "Free Solo" fame) started climbing practically before he could crawl. After years of struggle in her marriage and her ultimate divorce, Dierdre found inspiration in her now-adult children’s passions, as well as new depths within herself. At Stasia’s urging, she took up running at age 54 and soon completed several marathons. Then at age 58, Alex led her on her first rock climbs. A world of friendship and support suddenly opened up to her within the climbing “tribe,” culminating in her record-setting ascent of El Cap with her son. From confused young wife and busy but lonely mother to confident middle-aged athlete, Dierdre brings the reader along as she finds new strength, happiness, and community in the outdoors--and a life of learning, acceptance, and spirit.
Download or read book Poems of Life written by Charles Harrison and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These poems were written by a retired physician who had never had any experience as a professional writer. He had always had a love of poetry, but didn't have the time to pursue this endeavor. He learned early on that he had an aptitude for poetic writing. He was encouraged by his wife and many close friends who read some of his first poems. These poems cover a large range of events which could be encountered in life. The poems are encompassing enough that people from many cultural and ethnic backgrounds should be able to find them quite interesting. They are not based in totality on any specific occurrences which the author encountered. His life as an Afro- American, growing up in the South during the era of Segregation and during the Great Depression did have a great influence on his writing.
Download or read book Reflections on Mountaineering written by Alan V Goldman and published by . This book was released on 2023-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented as one hundred fifteen narrative-style poems, some of which are rhyming and others are in prose or blank verse, Reflections on Mountaineering, A Journey Through Life as Experienced in the Mountains, a FOURTH EDITION, summarizes much of what the author, Alan V. Goldman, learned in his more than 30 years of climbing, either from personal experience, or from his mountaineering peers. Mr. Goldman came to realize that many of the same moral issues that confront us in everyday life are likewise present in the high mountains, only to a sharper degree. Still, many of the poems reflect on themes and situations that are peculiarly prominent in the mountain environment. Collectively, the poems constitute a "meditation" on the nature of reality itself as perceived in the context of exploring the limits of human understanding and achievement. Musing on topics such as awe and wonder, fear and how to confront it, the lure of the big mountains, as well as the role of luck, fate and chance, Mr. Goldman makes accessible to the general public the otherwise "hidden" truths that mountaineers often experience. Further, many of the poems address the human perception of reality in the context of the meaning of life itself, and of how climbers impart meaning to the mountains by the very act of climbing them. Other poems deal with the need to confront a mountain's challenge, the varying perception of time's passage in the mountains, a climber's insight and situational awareness in the mountain arena, dealing with the force of a mountain's presence, and the power of a mountain's reality. There's also the phenomenon of the interrelation of these and other topics in a single experience as reflected in any given poem. Of course, the poems deal with the feelings evoked by striving for success in the mountains, but also cope with the trauma of defeat. Above all, there is human meaning to be found in the very preparation and discipline required for mountaineering, as well as in experiencing the elation of conquest, of both the mountains and of ourselves.
Download or read book Climbing Upward Within Oneself written by Zeno de la Mare Stachowicz and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poetry book "Climbing Upward" Within Oneself" is characterized by the inspiring words and optimistic visions of life's purposes, moving the reader to experience various deep-seated emotions. It takes the reader on the great journey, to recognize oneself as the inner being temporarily living on earth in this world. The life is teaching all of us, if we are willing to learn more about it. Our destinies are such as we created them in the past for today, and what we do in the present surely will be reflected in the future. Notable in this poetry book is my sentiment, delicate feeling and meditative depth.This is collection consisting of inspirational uplifting poems. In my creative works I would rather venture into the human hearts, hoping, that you will like my poems filled with love to humanity. My faith is in the things unseen and in the only irresistible truth that God kingdom is within ourselves, if we will be worthy enough to reach in us to that pure and highest plane of perfect living. These are poems to be savored and cherished, they are simple but meaningful. Enter "Climbing Upward Within Oneself" whenever you want to get spiritual inspiration and the poetry can help you, to stay in peace and clearly think about life, and who you truly are within yourself.
Download or read book The Hill We Climb written by Amanda Gorman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant #1 New York Times bestseller and #1 USA Today bestseller Amanda Gorman’s electrifying and historic poem “The Hill We Climb,” read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, is now available as a collectible gift edition. “Stunning.” —CNN “Dynamic.” —NPR “Deeply rousing and uplifting.” —Vogue On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, Gorman captivated the nation and brought hope to viewers around the globe with her call for unity and healing. Her poem “The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country” can now be cherished in this special gift edition, perfect for any reader looking for some inspiration. Including an enduring foreword by Oprah Winfrey, this remarkable keepsake celebrates the promise of America and affirms the power of poetry.
Download or read book No Mountain Too High to Climb written by Walter C. Sr. Stout and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of poetry is a tribute to the great human spirit. It reflects the humorous side of life and the spiritual quest. It honors many people from all walks of life. These people perform extraordinary feats that go unnoticed because they do not seek honor. This includes those who fight and die to protect our freedom. Everyone in law enforcement, who protect us daily. The firefighters that risk their lives to save others. The people involved in health care, including the service organizations and volunteers, without which society would truly suffer. The educators that open the world to their students giving them the encouragement and tools to succeed. Everyone who reaches out to others to give comfort and hope. Many of these poems have given encouragement and support to families dealing with everyday problems including illness and death. Memorial services, devotional and radio programs have used the poetry. They encourage equal rights, freedom, peace, love of country and family. Many express my love of God and the blessings he has given us. Some of the poetry is in libraries, museums, schools and public offices because of their inspirational content. Many are cut in granite benches which has started a new art form and set world records for size, weight and original content. The benches are read and enjoyed by people everyday, especially the ones close to the historical murals in Portsmouth, Ohio. The murals are over 2200 feet long and are visited by people from around the world. Many poems have earned awards that I never expected, as I believe whatever talent we have is a gift from God and should be used for the benefit of others.
Download or read book Reflections on Mountaineering A Revised and Expanded EDITION A Journey Through Life as Experienced in the Mountains written by Alan V. Goldman and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented as seventy-three narrative-style poems, some of which are rhyming and others are in prose or blank verse, Reflections on Mountaineering, A Revised and Expanded EDITION: A Journey Through Life as Experienced in the Mountains summarizes much of what the author, Alan V. Goldman, learned in his more than thirty years of climbing. Many of the same moral issues that confront us in everyday life are present in the high mountains, only to a sharper degree. Musing on topics such as awe and wonder, fear and how to confront it, the lure of the big mountains, as well as the role of luck, fate and chance, Mr. Goldman makes accessible to the general public the otherwise "hidden" truths that mountaineers often experience. Further, many of the poems address the human perception of reality in the context of the meaning of life itself, and of how climbers impart meaning to the mountains by the very act of climbing them. Of course, the poems deal with the feelings evoked by striving for success in the mountains, but also cope with the trauma of defeat. Above all, there is meaning to be found in the very preparation and discipline required for mountaineering, as well as in experiencing the elation of conquest, of both the mountains and of ourselves. Mr. Goldman is a graduate of The Horace Mann School, 1975; Harvard College, 1979; and Harvard Law School, 1982. In addition to his mountaineering adventures as his avid avocation, he practiced law for many years, and is now retired.
Download or read book Reflections on Mountaineering A Journey Through Life as Experienced in the Mountains written by Alan V. Goldman and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those who dream of scaling mountains and those who sally forth to conquer them, this readily accessible collection of poetry embodies the risks, the rewards, and the joys of climbing! Written by an avid mountaineer, the poems in Reflections on Mountaineering reveal human reactions to fear and awe, and explore the role of luck, fate, and chance. The poems also deal with the human perception of reality and its underlying nature in the context of the meaning of life itself. Narrative in form, many stories in this eloquent collection are drawn from the author's life, and some are reflections on the experiences of fellow climbers in general. Encounter the varied aspects of mountaineering and, more importantly, the feelings evoked by striving for success in both the preparation required for mountaineering, and in the attainment of its goals.
