tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171936566349025791.post3242884130835044912..comments2023-08-09T21:55:17.563+12:00Comments on Like Minds - New Zealand landscapes and thoughts: Ralph Warburton - photographer, mountaineer and mountain guideDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02514655834785883306noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171936566349025791.post-43349523104404298322011-05-11T10:45:06.381+12:002011-05-11T10:45:06.381+12:00Kia ora Donald,
"You should have been told
t...Kia ora Donald,<br /><br />"You should have been told<br />that in you was the gold<br />the mountain and river paid you no fee<br />mountain melting to river<br />river to sea" - Denis Glover<br /><br />I have been reading a bit of Glover lately, a truly fascinating character in NZ history, and a man who knew the mountains as well, so reminds me of the men you write of, yourself, and Ruahineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398484733805119294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171936566349025791.post-11353129009521503392011-05-08T18:03:32.099+12:002011-05-08T18:03:32.099+12:00Goodness Bob, I never saw that coming.
I fully an...Goodness Bob, I never saw that coming.<br /><br />I fully anticipated you'd know of Ralph, but never dreamt you'd spent time with him!<br /><br />Sadly I never got to know Joyce, nor x/c ski with Ralph, as he'd had to give it up by the time I made my transition away from downhill skiing.<br /><br />However his ashes have been spread up there by the Meg river, where there are lovely Donaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02514655834785883306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171936566349025791.post-4949534108356685092011-05-08T15:29:17.716+12:002011-05-08T15:29:17.716+12:00Kia Ora Donald
the world we live gets smaller, as...Kia Ora Donald<br /><br />the world we live gets smaller, as our circle of friends widen.<br /><br />Coincidentally I did a posting on Ralph a few years back<br /><br />http://bobmckerrow.blogspot.com/2008/12/ralph-warburton-mountain-guide.html<br /><br />When I ran DoC at Franz, I organised a reunion of Guides and Mountain People and got close to Ralph and Joyce. What a lovely couple and what anBob McKerrow - Wayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832128768908667724noreply@blogger.com