IL PADRE AT PEAK

riccardo cassin,il padre embracing his object of romance

*HE STARTED ,THEN HE HAD TO FINISH IT ALL

HE WENT ALL THE WAY UP

THEN HE HAD TO BE DOWN

ON CAUCASSUS,HIMALAYAS,

ALPS,ANDES AND DENA LI

SOMETIME CALLED MC KENZIE,

FROSTY FACED

ON GRANITE RIDGE

HE CLIMBED AND UNCLIMBED

HUMBLE,PROUD,HAPPY AND DAMMED MAD

BUT ALWAYS HOPEFUL

WITH ROPE,ANCHOR,SCALE,HAMMER AND AXES

PITONS AND CRAMPONS

THEN CLIMBING A TALLWALL AGAIN

NAVIGATING ROUTES OF INTUITION.

RICCARDO IS RAGNI DE LECCO,

LECCO SPIDERS

OF LAKE COMO

AND LAKE GARDA

WITH WHITE CAPPED MOUNTAIN LOOMING ABOVE

LIKE MY DAMAVAND OF ALBORZ.

RICCARDO IS THE ROCK

THE ROCKY RICCARDO.

for MOUNTAINEER RICCARDO CASSIN(1909-2009)

* I WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT MOUNTAINS IN IRAN.THEN I HEARD ABOUT IL PADRE THE GREAT MOUTAIN LOVER OF ITALY  .BUT NEVER TOO LATE.IT'LL COME.NOW LET'S JUST TAKE A LOOK AT DAMAVAND,PROBABLY ON HER NORTHERN FACE WHICH IS GREENER.IF YOU DISSAGREE WITH THIS ASK ANY PERSON OF SHOMAL(THE NORTH) WHOSE ROMANCE LIES IN WITH DAMAVAND AND ALBORZ,NOT TO MENTION CASPIAN SEA,THE TURQUOISE GEM.

                                                                                    this is how silent damavand peak looks like at dawn.