Local poems, stories, legends and history

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• Alpinist Roy Kerswill's - Poem - "The Search".
• Capitol Peak, Northwest Face - Ascent of the Northwest Face of Capitol Peak by John Saccardi.
• Excersise - The key to enhanced natural beauty by Marty Vyn Boennighausen.
• Birds of Fire - An ascent of the Birds of Fire route on Chiefshead by Bill Wright.
• The Big Western Woman - Prose by John C. Amoroso of Big Elk Meadows.
• Himmelsleiter - The Art of Solo Climbing - Complete text of the book: "Himmelsleiter - The Art of Solo Climbing" by Arthur Vyn Boennighausen.
• Volunteers - A poem - Author unavailable - from the Jean Mays' collection.
• Adventure of a Nature Guide - Introduction to Enos Mills book by his grandson, Michael Mills Kiley.
• Enos A. Mills - One man's contributions can be important to society by Elizabeth and Enda Mills Kiley.
• Fall River - ski descent from the Alpine visitors center by Marty Vyn Boennighausen.
• Long lost Larry - A tall tale from local storyteller Greg Martin.
• Pencil drawings - From local artist Roberta Heisterkamp of Big Elk Meadows. Includes Roberta's own narratives of what she has drawn.
• Legend of the Blue Mist - A legend frequently told by local modem cowboys around the evening campfire.
• Belonging - A poem by John C. Amoroso of Big Elk Meadows.
• Mount Everest, Mount Analogue and the Impossible - Truth and philosophy from the son of local Alpinist, Duane "Shorty" Lankford.
• Free Sex with every tank of gas - A Tall Tale from local storyteller Bob Clarke..
• You probably wonder why I limp - 177 year old amateur liar Walt Ledford passes along a story from his youth.
• The Perfect Man - An excerpt from Anne Besant's book "The Masters".
• Eclipse - Our younger brothers Ren Peirce & Mathew McDaniel's visionary glimpse of the future in .avi format. A ten megabyte file with a run time of two minutes.
• Tumblin Tumbleweeds - GIF image of Enos Mills and his 3 year old daughter, Enda with a quote from her favorite song.
• The Sword of Truth - Exerpt from the manuscript of Matthew McDaniel's new book.
• The Hermit's Lantern - A poem by Robert W.A. Mommaerts.
• Beyond Longs Peak: The Video - Features cameo appearance of Enda Mills, daughter of Enos Mills, founder of Rocky Mountain National Park.
• Love and Death - Scott Campbell offers some advice along with good coffee from his pulpit at the Sunrise Cafe.
• Bears will get you! - Marty Vyn Boennighausen plants flowers with the help of the Bears.

During the course of the evening they told many wonderful stories...... some of which were even true!!