Can we think of nothing to say about the manifestation of Earth that was the birthplace of the Haruchai and the Earthblood? I don't have it in the player at the moment, but in Jeremiah Johnson, one character says something like the Rockies are the marrow of the world. I absolutely love MOUNTAINSMountains
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I was sad to learn, after doing a search of all 8 pages in this forum, that there is no topic with the word mountain in it. Can we think of nothing to say about the manifestation of Earth that was the birthplace of the Haruchai and the Earthblood? I don't have it in the player at the moment, but in Jeremiah Johnson, one character says something like the Rockies are the marrow of the world. I absolutely love MOUNTAINS
Can we think of nothing to say about the manifestation of Earth that was the birthplace of the Haruchai and the Earthblood? I don't have it in the player at the moment, but in Jeremiah Johnson, one character says something like the Rockies are the marrow of the world. I absolutely love MOUNTAINS
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I climb the road to Cold Mountain,
The road to Cold Mountain that never ends. - Han-shan
We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows. - Robert Frost
Today was a good day. - Ice Cube
The road to Cold Mountain that never ends. - Han-shan
We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows. - Robert Frost
Today was a good day. - Ice Cube
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[Syl]
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"You are a strange one, Christian."
Welcome.
Coming from an area of the world (northern Nevada) where you can't look at any horizon and not see a mountain, I too am rather fond of those great, craggy masses of land.
Welcome.
Coming from an area of the world (northern Nevada) where you can't look at any horizon and not see a mountain, I too am rather fond of those great, craggy masses of land.
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner
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The mountains where I live ....well, you can't really call them mountains; they are more like giant hills.
I am so envious of you Syl, to have had spectacular scenery like that close at hand. What a privilege!
At present I'm reading Ch23 of TIW and I came across this passage regarding Melenkurion Skyweir.
I am so envious of you Syl, to have had spectacular scenery like that close at hand. What a privilege!
At present I'm reading Ch23 of TIW and I came across this passage regarding Melenkurion Skyweir.
Oh, what I would give to see that kind of majesty for real!Covenant caught his first glimpse of Melenkurion Skyweir. Though it was still many leagues almost due southeast of him, the high mountain lifted its twin, icebound peaks above the range's rugged horizon, and its glaciers gleamed blue in the sunlight as if the sky's azure feet were planted there.
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Is there any need for the Haruchai to chime in here? Guess how we feel about mountains!! 
(And btw, is it just me, or is that a wonderful first post!! I haven't seen its like since... what... maybe Taiga's?)
(And btw, is it just me, or is that a wonderful first post!! I haven't seen its like since... what... maybe Taiga's?
)All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
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Never heard of Charles Frazier. It's a poem by a T'ang poet named *ahem* Han-shan, translated by Burton Watson. The full poem won't quite fit into the sig, but here it is:
I climb the road to Cold Mountain,
The road to Cold Mountain that never ends.
The valleys are long and strewn with stones;
The streams broad and banked with thick grass.
Moss is slippery, though no rain has fallen;
Pines sigh, but it isn't the wind.
Who can break from the snares of the world
And sit with me among the white clouds?
I climb the road to Cold Mountain,
The road to Cold Mountain that never ends.
The valleys are long and strewn with stones;
The streams broad and banked with thick grass.
Moss is slippery, though no rain has fallen;
Pines sigh, but it isn't the wind.
Who can break from the snares of the world
And sit with me among the white clouds?
I climb the road to Cold Mountain,
The road to Cold Mountain that never ends. - Han-shan
We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows. - Robert Frost
Today was a good day. - Ice Cube
The road to Cold Mountain that never ends. - Han-shan
We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows. - Robert Frost
Today was a good day. - Ice Cube
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Oh yeah, I've heard of that book. I'm sure I just read somewhere that it's being made into a movie. I want to read the book, just because of the title. Han-shan means Cold Mountain. Many Zen masters of ancient China were referred to by the name of the area they lived.
Han-shan means Cold Mountain. Many Zen masters of ancient China were referred to by the name of the area they lived.I climb the road to Cold Mountain,
The road to Cold Mountain that never ends. - Han-shan
We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows. - Robert Frost
Today was a good day. - Ice Cube
The road to Cold Mountain that never ends. - Han-shan
We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows. - Robert Frost
Today was a good day. - Ice Cube
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If you ever get a hold of a 1st ed. print of that book, get it. It's very rare and worth some good $$, yet the chances of finding it at a garage sell and such are decent.
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner
-George Steiner
Hail, brother Mountain! You can find any number of pictures of that theme by googling *cold mountain* Though you will probably have to shrink whatever you find.
Mine, of course, is a picture of the actual Cold Mountain, which is in the northernmost reaches of the Westron Mountains. SRD never had reason to write about it, but there it is.
Mine, of course, is a picture of the actual Cold Mountain, which is in the northernmost reaches of the Westron Mountains. SRD never had reason to write about it, but there it is.
I climb the road to Cold Mountain,
The road to Cold Mountain that never ends. - Han-shan
We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows. - Robert Frost
Today was a good day. - Ice Cube
The road to Cold Mountain that never ends. - Han-shan
We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows. - Robert Frost
Today was a good day. - Ice Cube
