The Climb

19: 1  In the Mosquito Range of the Colorado Rockies,

Mt. Democrat rises 14,155 feet,

19: 2  I summited in winter, 

Amidst, fog, wind, and sleet

19: 3  Waist-deep snow in some places, a solo ascent,

 there were no other faces,

19: 4  Alone the expanses are terrifying,

But the sheer beauty  awe-inspiring,

19: 5  Once In the boulder field, there is false summit after false summit,

On each side a 1000-foot plummet,

19: 6  Near the top, the clouds moved in, no visibility just strange voices on the wind,

19: 7  Once at the summit, the clouds abate,

Revealing a view only God could create.

JEV