5:30 p.m. on April 10, 2012 (EDT)
Home upon my back
Drawing arms and legs and head
Into my Half-Dome
2012 Backcountry Gear Haiku Contest
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5:24 p.m. on April 10, 2012 (EDT)
Boots transport my soles
Andes to Rockies to roam
Step by freeing step
5:22 p.m. on April 10, 2012 (EDT)
Trusty companions
You have never let me down
Fred and Ethel Leki
4:58 p.m. on April 10, 2012 (EDT)
Boyfriend Hasn't Camped
Coleman Double Sleeping Bag
Guess Who Gets Lucky
4:50 p.m. on April 10, 2012 (EDT)
Water, shelter, light
I pack the ten essentials
Backcountry, I come.
11:52 a.m. on April 10, 2012 (EDT)
Serrated teeth grip
Float on snow, they won't let go
Need them for winter
9:55 a.m. on April 10, 2012 (EDT)
Ski tracks deep and straight
moonlight full, frost's wintryscape.
Igloo slumber waits...
8:46 a.m. on April 10, 2012 (EDT)
Arise new day in glory,
zipped, buckled, tied and packed up.
Glow near horizon
3:25 a.m. on April 10, 2012 (EDT)
I place my sky hook
While my legs sewing machine
Hoping it will hold
3:03 a.m. on April 10, 2012 (EDT)
Heating tea in tent
Suddenly a stove event
Then no more dome tent
12:43 a.m. on April 10, 2012 (EDT)
Night comes with its chill
Leaks and aches, wind a'howling
wool wrapped snug to earth
12:19 a.m. on April 10, 2012 (EDT)
Trailwise, Rivendell,
Class 5, Gerry, Holubar...
retro potpourii!
11:04 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
sleep under the stars
western mountaineering joy
love my ultralite
10:43 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Gorp in plastic bag
On kitchen table at home
Stomach is growling
10:21 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Snow pack sparkles bright
Under a full moon lit night
My skis know the way
10:21 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Monkeybutt chafing?
Dip your cheeks in a river,
Nature's fresh bidet.
10:17 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Hope he makes it home
The fading flash light up high
Below looming seracs
10:14 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Mice ate my jerky.
Shelter Food Reversal is
I eat spicy mice.
10:08 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
In Denali’s night
A beacon below beckons
A warm bag awaits
9:27 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Try meditation?
Fat chance. Climbing is my path.
serene state of mind
8:39 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Left foot right foot left
Appalachian trail is long
I must keep walking
8:31 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Left foot right foot left
Appalachian mountain trails
Better views not found
8:04 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Trekking poles make holes;
but my knees thank me for it.
Self-preservation
7:06 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Trip Log--journeys massed,
etched printings, time's prismed glass.
Days of future past!
12:48 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Cliff bars are gross,
but Honey Badger don't care,
because he's nasty.
5:57 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Muddy Ski Boots Dance
Under the Tram, with the Band
Closing day, Jackson
5:43 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Hole punch has my pack!
Dyneema, one tough cookie.
Ornament for now.
5:25 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Where are you Hoopla?
Patagonia 'venture
Hoopla, you are there!
4:53 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Raining steadily All Day
And with every step
Water gushing boot laces
4:52 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Flame gently glowing
Warming the chilly night air
Stove hiss, food bliss, hissssssssss.
4:33 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
My old Pivetta's
What have you seen in your life?
Fifty years, old boots!
1:54 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Supercold on A.T.
is snow drifts covering melt;
wet snow post-holing.
1:04 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Not buffalo chips
Or magnesium and flint
Compare to pinecones.
1:03 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Patagonia
Warm me Fitz Roy Hoodie Please
Heart and Mind at Ease
1:03 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Thrashed by wind and rain
The storm did not abate me
Oh but dry within
1:02 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
The best fire starters
lay among pine's tanned needles.
Strike a match and blaze.
12:59 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Swingers of birches
Climb to heaven then drop back.
One couldn't do worse.
.
Should I cite Robert Frost for inspiration?
12:56 p.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
wildflowers at hand
do more impress me now than
flowers in a stand.
11:30 a.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
"Take! Holy sh!# take!"
"What is going on down there?!"
"Whoops, I was eating."
9:44 a.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Himalayan Snow
me and my Hangfire Hoodie
It did Shelter me
9:30 a.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Thanks Swiss Army Knife
You Saved Me From Disaster
I Have Faith In You
4:48 p.m. on April 8, 2012 (EDT)
Trailspace friend, family
Imparting thoughts of wisdom
Absorbing it all
7:13 a.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Everest Base Camp
Loud and wind howling at my door
Summit Series Holds.
6:28 a.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Everest Base Camp
Wind does scream loud at my door
Summit Series Holds.
6:20 a.m. on April 9, 2012 (EDT)
Searching for Yeti
He is not on that mountain
I have looked myself.
4:36 p.m. on April 8, 2012 (EDT)
So Jeckle and Hyde like
Reversable anorak
Chameleon cover
9:14 a.m. on April 8, 2012 (EDT)
Mystery Ranch home
Chose my golite pack instead.
My legs say Thank You.
8:54 a.m. on April 8, 2012 (EDT)
Strange frog-like footwear,
My stride and ground feel improved,
Why not called five toes?
8:48 a.m. on April 8, 2012 (EDT)
Stops wind and water
And breathes. Love how you work, but
Hope I don't need you.
4:31 p.m. on April 7, 2012 (EDT)
Winds rage, chaos reigns,
shelter from the hurricane!
Oval InTenTion!
