MY MOUNTAINEER
"A truer, nobler, trustier heart
never beat within a human breast"
- Lord Byron
never beat within a human breast"
- Lord Byron
Douglas Craig Zimmerman
1957-2010
With and Without
1957-2010
With and Without
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My Mountaineer
- by Bet
He nimbly scales the crags and cracks
And scrambles on the scree
To test the strength he has or lacks
And stop atop a mountain, free
Then when the climbing day is done
He safely comes back home to me.
I wrote this little poem for Doug in a poetry class I took at QVCC. Doug's father, Larry, was the teacher. It was fun, but I think I flunked.
MORE
- A tribute to Doug in the American Alpine Journal
- Robson Journal (2002 attempt)
- British Columbia Journal (1999) and Alberta 2005
- Yosemite Valley Journal (2004)
- First ascent, Mt. South Kennedy (Hartford Courant article)
- My Mountaineer (poem)
- What to do with Doug's ashes
- Our first date (climbing Mt. Riga)
- RopeMan (photos)
- The Call to Climb (Charles S. Houston)
- Obituary from the Hartford Courant
- Running
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