Reflections on Mountaineering

<p class=ql-align-justify>In the Fifth Edition of Reflections on Mountaineering A Journey Through Life as Experienced in the Mountains Alan V. Goldman presents a collection of 148 narrative-style poems. These poems written in various forms including rhyming prose and blank verse encapsulate the author's wisdom gained from over 30 years of climbing and learning from fellow mountaineers. The poems delve into moral issues that parallel everyday life but are intensified in the mountain setting. They explore themes such as awe fear the allure of mountains luck fate and the human perception of reality. Additionally the poems reflect on the meaning climbers ascribe to mountains and delve into topics like confronting challenges the passage of time situational awareness the presence and reality of mountains and the intertwining of experiences. They also address the emotions associated with pursuing success and facing defeat in mountaineering. Overall the poems highlight the profound human significance found in the preparation discipline conquest and self-discovery inherent in the pursuit of mountaineering.</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>About the Author:</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Alan V. Goldman is a graduate of Horace Mann School 1975; Harvard College 1979; and Harvard Law School 1982. After 1982 he was elected a member of The <em>Phi Beta Kappa</em> Society in 1979. In addition to his mountaineering adventures he practiced law for many years and is now retired.Visit the author's website: mountainreflections.art - where many additional poems by the author are recorded in his own voice.</p>