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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 11, 2009 - 11:37pm PT
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A booklet of mountain/climbing poems by Dick Culbert was recently published, by Tricouni Press. Dick was one of the leading explorers and mountaineers of B.C.'s Coast Ranges from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He is also an accomplished writer. Some of his poems written during that period were recently rediscovered, and published in a 96 page booklet entitled "The Coast Mountains Trilogy".
Most of the poems had never previously been published. They are in a variety of metres and styles. Three – Land of Lichen, Land of Lakes, and Land of Ice – form the trilogy, together with another dozen poems on a variety of mountain themes. It may be the first book of Canadian and perhaps even North American (U.S. & Canada, anyway) mountain poems.
It includes an introduction by Glenn Woodsworth, and pen and ink drawings by Arnold Shives, both Dick’s contemporaries, and well-known mountaineers in their own right.
Very good reading, and would be fun to read aloud around a campfire, and a nice addition to the libraries of addicts of mountaineering literature.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 12, 2009 - 12:43am PT
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And an excerpt from one of the poems - there are about 60 pages of poems altogether.
If you're interested, send me a note and I can provide information on how to order a copy from Glenn. About C$20.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 12, 2009 - 10:23am PT
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Nice post Anders. Not very many books of mountain poetry out in the world and this one seems like a great read. Thanks for sharing it.
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Apr 12, 2009 - 06:26pm PT
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I need that book, Mighty Friend. What's the scoop on snagging a copy?
-JelloWantsToReadMountainPoetry
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 13, 2009 - 12:22am PT
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Contact information for Glenn/Tricouni:
Tricouni Press
3649 West 18th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6S 1B3
(604) 224-1178
tricouni(at)telus.net
The books are nominally C$15.95, but I don't know what the cost is for shipping and handling. Reasonable, I'd think.
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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Apr 13, 2009 - 04:18pm PT
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Thanks MH
I was just looking for this.
I really like this poem, and can't help but wonder what treasures lay within that book.
I'm gonna check it out.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 13, 2009 - 09:03pm PT
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I guess I can re-self-bump this one once. Someone was enquiring after poetry.
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