Brokeback Mountain Vermont

Brokeback Mountain Vermont Winter Update

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:48:00 GMT

Hello Everybody!

I am still here...freezing but alive. I am waiting for Spring and warm weather before I put everything I have into searching for Our Brokeback once again. I intend to put in overtime on this very early in the season so we can hopefully have our Mountain by summer.

In the meantime, I have made some minor updates to our Website at www.brokebackmountainvermont.com

The most important is that I added the Brokeback Preview/Trailer to the main page with an "embed" from YouTube. It's nice to be able to go to the site and quickly and easily see the Brokeback preview when we have the sudden need. Also, we have a snowy mountain scene in the background of the main page for now. In a month or so I will bring back the Vermont Sunflower background.

Go take a look when you get time. If you happen to see that something is out of place or messed up, please let me know so I can fix it.

Feel free to post a message or two in the Brokeback Yahoo Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrokebackMountainVermont. It's been very quiet. It would be nice to hear from you all again.

Have a cozy winter and snuggle with someone you love!

John

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007 FROM BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, VERMONT!

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:07:00 GMT

Another year is nearly gone and I hate to see it leave. For all of us 2006 will be a special year in our memories because it was the year that Brokeback Mountain came into our lives.

It was a wild and crazy year for me too. Seeing the movie "preview" for the first time left me stunned. I watched it online at Yahoo that one night in early January and was just stunned The fight to keep the movie in the local theaters for weeks after it was supposed to leave was fun and a real rush. I was in a depression because the place I worked for had closed in December of 2005 and medical issues were also becoming apparent. The search for our Brokeback Mountain in Vermont lifted me up so high and kept me going. It gave my life meaning and a reason to fight for my life in that hospital. Although the search was slow, often depressing, full of happiness and sadness, it was thrilling nevertheless. The sight of each new possible Mountain looming in the distance took my breath away. In the end, the realization that I would not find a Mountain before the year was over was heartbreaking. Now that the calender is just hours away from changing to January 2007, Spring is only a heartbeat away. (Thanks once again for the Brokeback Mountain Calendar, Matt! )

In 2007, we will have our Brokeback Mountain. I intend to start on it as soon as Spring is in the air.

I am reposting my Message from December 6, 2006 which I sent here when I returned from my final walk up a Mountain for the year. Hope you enjoy it once again. If I decide to be home tonight, I will post my last message of 2006 minutes before the year ends.

Don't forget our website http://www.brokebackmountainvermont.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007 TO EVERYONE!

+PEACE+
John

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I am still here...waiting for winter to start and more importantly for
Winter to END.

Someone sent me a "lead" on a Mountain so I decided to take a ride today.

I liked it. It was out in Northeast Vermont. I found a semi-trail and
started walking up the mountain. The leaves are all gone and
everything was brown. The wind was howling around me and the empty
trees swayed back and forth. Other than the wind, everything was
silent. No people, no cars, no noise, not even the sound of the birds
in this blustery weather.

I sat down on an old tree log. I sat there alone for a long time
listening to the wind blowing through the empty trees. The loneliness
of that mountain, at that moment in time, pierced my soul. I looked up
into the sky and for some reason and for many reasons, I cried. The
tears streamed down my face as I cried for Jack and Ennis, I cried for
every person in the world who loves someone but is persecuted for it
because that love doesn't conform to the standards of the rest of the
world. I cried for everyone who loved Brokeback and who look forward
to our Mountain yet to be. I cried because I couldn't make our
Mountain a reality this year. I thought about so many things while I
sat there, I think I cried for nearly every possible reason in the
world. Most importantly, I cried for me.

I was on that Mountain nearly 1 and 1/2 hours. I was cold, in distress
and wanting to go home. I slowly made my way back down the Mountain
all the while thinking, thinking and thinking. (I think that I think
too much

The best part of my trip was that my time on the Mountain today did
give me some inspiration and I found myself with new and bold ideas
that I never thought of before. Maybe those ideas will help me find a
Mountain even faster in the Spring, before everyone forgets about
Brokeback Mountain.

I want you to know that just because this group and our main website
sit silently waiting for Spring and natures new life to come back to
us, it does not mean that I have forgotten Brokeback Mountain. I think
about it EVERY single day without exception.

Thanks for all the private emails too. I appreciate them very much. I
read each one and they all mean so much to me.

I'll post again soon, definitely before Christmas. I hope you all do
the same. It would make me happy to keep hearing from all of you!

John
(Fresh off the Mountain)
December 6, 2006

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, VERMONT!

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:42:00 GMT

To all of you who celebrate Christmas.....MERRY CHRISTMAS from Me and Brokeback Mountain, Vermont!

To the rest of you, I wish you a peaceful end to 2006.

Don't forget to visit our website during the winter at http://www.brokebackmountainvermont.com

John

Brokeback Mountain, Vermont T-Shirts

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:54:23 GMT

I was thinking that we should create some Brokeback Mountain, Vermont T-shirts. I know I'd love to have one or two and I am sure other people would as well.

Anyone here good with creating designs or know someone that would like to create a T-shirt design for us?

Let me know by email. Send to john@brokebackmountainvermont.com

My Trip To A Mountain Today (My Thoughts On Brokeback)

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:14:00 GMT

I am still here...waiting for winter to start and more importantly for Winter to END.

Someone sent me a "lead" on a Mountain so I decided to take a ride today.

I liked it. It was out in Northeast Vermont. I found a semi-trail and started walking up the mountain. The leaves are all gone and everything was brown. The wind was howling around me and the empty trees swayed back and forth. Other than the wind, everything was silent. No people, no cars, no noise, not even the sound of the birds in this blustery weather.

I sat down on an old tree log. I sat there alone for a long time listening to the wind blowing through the empty trees. The loneliness of that mountain, at that moment in time, pierced my soul. I looked up into the sky and for some reason and for many reasons, I cried. The tears streamed down my face as I cried for Jack and Ennis, I cried for every person in the world who loves someone but is persecuted for it because that love doesn't conform to the standards of the rest of the world. I cried for everyone who loved Brokeback and who look forward to our Mountain yet to be. I cried because I couldn't make our Mountain a reality this year. I thought about so many things while I sat there, I think I cried for nearly every possible reason in the world. Most importantly, I cried for me.

I was on that Mountain nearly 1 and 1/2 hours. I was cold, in distress and wanting to go home. I slowly made my way back down the Mountain all the while thinking, thinking and thinking. (I think that I think too much

The best part of my trip was that my time on the Mountain today did give me some inspiration and I found myself with new and bold ideas that I never thought of before. Maybe those ideas will help me find a Mountain even faster in the Spring, before everyone forgets about Brokeback Mountain.

I want you to know that just because this group and our main website sit silently waiting for Spring and natures new life to come back to us, it does not mean that I have forgotten Brokeback Mountain. I think about it EVERY single day without exception.

Thanks for all the private emails too. I appreciate them very much. I read each one and they all mean so much to me.

I'll post again soon, definitely before Christmas. I hope you all do the same. It would make me happy to keep hearing from all of you!

John
(Fresh off the Mountain)
December 6, 2006

Search For Brokeback Mountain Put On Hold For The Winter

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:56:17 GMT

I have officially put our search for Brokeback Mountain, Vermont on hold for the Winter months. It will be difficult to look for a Mountain in the cold and snow, which is coming soon.

UNofficially, I will continue to search for a Mountain if time and other circumstances permit me to, between now and the time the snow starts falling on my head. I won't necessarily be reporting those results unless I have incredible news to report. For all intents and purposes though, our search is on hold until Spring and warm weather return.

It is my hope that as the snowy, cold and dark winter months drag on, you will not forget Brokeback Mountain or our search for our own Brokeback Mountain. If you loved Brokeback Mountain as much as I do, I know you'll be here when our search for Brokeback continues in Spring 2007.

As I write this I am very sad. It was my hope to already have our Mountain. I feel so alone now. This Mountain Search was invigorating and gave me a renewed love of life. I will keep that hope and love alive inside me during the long winter.

I will provide occasional updates on the website www.brokebackmountainvermont.com and Blog entries during the winter to renew your hope that I will pick up where I left off and that we WILL have our own Brokeback Mountain in Summer 2007.

Please send me an email (john@brokebackmountainvermont.com) from time to time during the winter. It'll be nice to hear from all of you!

Until Spring comes, keep Brokeback Mountain alive in your heart!

John
November 7, 2006

Brokeback Mountain, Vermont

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:47:00 GMT

Hi everyone!

Does anyone want to start a little cow and calf operation?

Oh wait..sorry...my mind wandered

What I was going to say is that I will be going out to look once again for OUR Brokeback this week. I have been out fairly often but I dont see any reason to post here the fact that I came up empty handed on my search. I'd rather bear all the frustration myself and not say anything here.

As I said before, it is getting late in the year and the possibilty is strong that we may not find OUR Brokeback THIS year. I really hate to have to wait through the winter for Spring to come. I have, however, decided that I may "cut corners" to make this happen before winter sets in. Cutting corners simply means I may just take ANY Mountain that does not already have a name. I hate to make people wait and I hate waiting. This driving around the State is making me extremely frustrated but as I have said before many times, I won't give up because our Mountain is out there. I just have to find it.

It would be so great to find the Mountain THIS year before winter. If I do, I will then have all winter to contact the State and have them set up a meeting in the community where the Mountain is located. I can go to those meetings, put on my boxing gloves and duke it out with anyone that tries to resist our naming the Moountain. If all goes well and we get clearance from the State during the winter, we will have an official Dedication Ceremony on the Mountain in the Spring of 2007!

I will let you know how the search goes later this week.

Also, remember, our Brokeback Party is Saturday, October 21st in Essex Junction, Vermont. We will be watching Brokeback Mountain and munching out on snacks and then after we'll just hang out and talk. We'd like to see a lot of people come, so please try to come if you can.

Email me and let me know!

John

Brokeback Party On October 21st!

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 02:10:00 GMT

Just a reminder that we will be having a Brokeback Party on October 21, 2006. It will be held in Essex Junction, Vermont.

If you plan on coming, please let me know!

John

Brokeback Mountain Overnight Campout And A Separate Brokeback Party

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 23:40:00 GMT

We are still having the Brokeback Overnight Campout this Friday, October 6th about 25 miles from Burlingtom, Vermont.

It doesnt seem like many people can make it due to such short notice. Sorry about the lack of time to prepare. I had to get this in before it got too cold otherwise we'd all have to sleep in the same tent and snuggle up to keep warm. Oh hold on now....maybe I should wait another month LOL

Anyway, if no one can make it on such short notice, I will go out there all alone and camp under the Stars with Brokeback in my heart

ANNOUNCEMENT:

WE WILL "ALSO" BE HAVING A "BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN PARTY" ON A DIFFERENT DAY.

The Brokeback Mountain Party will be held on Saturday, October 21st. It will be held in Essex Junction, Vermont.

More details will follow in a day or two.

John

Brokeback Camping Trip On October 6, 2006

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:46:00 GMT

We WILL be having our Brokeback Overnight Camping Trip here on "a" Vermont Mountain on Friday, October 6th! (2006)

We will be camping approximately 25 miles from Burlington.

If you can make it, please post a message but email me as well.

Everyone is expected to behave because this is a friendly overnight trip to hang out with other Brokeback Lovers. There won't be any "tent scenes" happening

Hope you can come along on our Camping Trip in Vermont, the soon to be home of Brokeback Mountain!

+PEACE+
John

09/28/2006

Update For September 21, 2006

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:56:00 GMT

It's time for a nice update for Brokeback Mountain, Vermont.

I am STILL searching for a Mountain that we can call Brokeback. There have been so many unexpected delays in this project since the idea for a Brokeback Mountain In Vermont came to be early this year. The most recent delay was the decison of the Owner of a Mountain who had offered us his Mountain but then wanted to think it over some more, made us wait for six months and then decided against it. That put me back on the road in my quest for a Mountain to call Brokeback.

It is getting late in the year and I am concerned. The leaves will be falling from the trees in a few weeks and the snow will be coming. I had my heart set on our own Brokeback THIS year. I am afraid that people will forget about Brokeback Mountain and lose interest in our search for our own Brokeback by the time Spring 2007 comes. I will never forget Brokeback Mountain and I will never give up this quest for Brokeback Mountain in Vermont. Nevertheless, I am not yet finished this year. I will continue looking for our Brokeback right up until the snow starts falling on my head.

I have updated our website at www.brokebackmountainvermont.com.

I have added a new section called "Our Mountain Search". It tells whats involved in searching for a Mountain for an endeavor like ours. Please go and take a look at it.

I am also trying to add a small download page where you can download various clips from the movie as well as the previews. It may take another day or two before I can get that done. Please keep checking the website for this new movie clips page. It'll be nice to have these clips at our fingertips whenever we want to see them.

If you live in Vermont and want to help us keep looking for a Mountain, we really do need you now. Email me at john@brokebackmountainvermont.com if you can come along and search with us.

I'll update here again soon.

You Are Invited To Go Brokebacking (Camping) With Us!

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:22:39 GMT

We will be having a small camping trip on "a" Vermont Mountain in about two weeks. The date still needs to be determined.

If you'd like to join us for the night, please email me at john@brokebackmountainvermont.com. Bring a tent if you have one!

Looked At A New Vermont Mountain on September 16, 2006

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:00:05 GMT

I looked at another Mountain yesterday as a possibility. I am trying to determine if it has a name and whether it is fairly easily accessible. I will let everyone know what I find out.

A photo of the Mountain is below.

DON'T FORGET TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT www.brokebackmountainvermont.com

Mountain Owner Has Made A Decision

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 02:54:00 GMT

I have now received the final word from the owner of the Mountain who had originally offered his Mountain to be named Brokeback.

After making us wait for 6 months, he has decided not to go through with it because it appears that he is concerned what his neighbors and business associates will say.

I am as disappointed as everyone else but the search will resume and I will intensify the search so that hopefully we can accomplish this before winter comes.

If you live in Vermont and want to help us locate a mountain, now would be a really good time to volunteer!

John
802-735-1075

Website Crash

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 20:53:00 GMT

There was a website crash today so the site was down a few hours. I have it mostly back up but still have some items missing. I will try to fix these missing images on the site on Monday.

Update For August 11, 2006

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:49:59 GMT

Just to let everyone know that we have not forgotten Brokeback Mountain In Vermont.

Although I have been working overtime on this, it is proving more difficult than I thought. Thats "difficult" but NOT "impossible".

Here is the most recent mountain I visited but had been unable to determine if it has a name. (Excuse the bad quality, I have a crappy camera phone and it was nearly getting dark out)

My work in searching for a Mountain continues!

Don't forget to visit our website at http://www.brokebackmountainvermont.com

Update For July 21, 2006

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:46:33 GMT

Just a note to let everyone know that I am still searching for an additional mountain possibility almost daily while I wait for possible word from he owner of the other Mountain Range.

I have not forgotten our mission and won't stop until we have what we want.

John

Brokeback Mountain, Vermont Update And Plea For Help (July 11, 2006)

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:01:16 GMT

Hello to everyone!

I finally have a bit of an update for you.

I was able to talk to the Mountain Owner on the phone today. The reasons for the delay in his making a decision is because of his business and lack of time for outside projects. In addition, he needs to talk to his attorney concerning any legal issues in naming a mountain on his property. He wants to be prepared should anyone wrongfully try to suggest that it's a for-profit thing and that he's trying to benefit off the movie in some way. We all know that our Mountain is a personal thing and not a business venture in any sense of the word.

It seems that it will be somewhere in the beginning of August before he's going to have a chance to sit down with me to discuss the issue of a Brokeback Mountain, Vermont on his property. I have decided that, in the meantime, I am going to actively resume my search for a Mountain here in Vermont that can become OUR Brokeback Mountain. I see no reason to just stop and wait to see what happens with the owner of the Mountains that we are currently considering. If the owner decides against the idea, at least I will still be searching for another possibility.

I must therefore put out this plea to the world... I need you! WE need you! We are asking your help in our quest for a Mountain. This is how you can help....

1) Do you live in Vermont and happen to own a mountain on your property that you would consider naming Brokeback?

2) Do you know someone else that lives in Vermont and is wealthy enough that they that own land and a mountain or two who might consider this possibility? (We have some very well to do gay men in Vermont who might consider this if they knew about us. There are so many people that have not yet heard about our endeavor to name a mountain).

3) Do you have or know where we can get information on Vermont Mountains that do NOT already have a name?

4) If you live in Vermont or can come to Vermont, we could use your help to travel the state and help us look for a mountain without a name. Please...make a phone call or send an email to someone you know who might want to help us out. Dont't assume that someone else will do this. It never works that way. YOU take the initiative and help us make this happen!

PLEASE! TELL EVERYONE ABOUT BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, VERMONT!

You can email me any time at john@brokebackmountainvermont.com You can also leave a voice message at 802-735-1075

We want our Mountain and will not stop until we have it! I will be gassing up the car this week and will resume my search for a Mountain.

Until I have more news.....

+PEACE+ John

Update For July 1, 2006

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 08:16:00 GMT

Hey Everyone! We have a very good possibility for a Mountain. It is located on private property, which will eliminate the need for State approval. The only delay in announcing that we have a Mountain, is waiting on the property owner to give us the go ahead. He is only available a couple days a week due to his schedule and all I can do is wait. If I don't receive a definite answer within a week or so, the search for a Mountain will resume.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.......ALMOST!

Brokeback Mountain Vermont — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:18:00 GMT

Hey Everyone!

Today I had expected to announce what we have all been waiting for...that we have a Mountain. In essence, we do have a mountain but I still need to finalize some details.

I had spoken with the Mountains owner last week and "expected" that we would meet in person on the Mountain today (Sunday) but when I called him THIS MORNING he reminded me that it was his birthday this weekend and there were going to be many people there and it would be hard to conference about the Mountain.

I am pretty much waiting for his final "YES" and then I can make the announcement that we have a Mountain. I am hoping that will happen THIS COMING WEEK.

I am somewhat frustrated because there have been so many delays in finding a Mountain. Those delays were mostly all caused by me with my "heart" problem and other urgent things coming up that I had to tend to, as well as being the only one searching for our Mountain. It's been a difficult struggle but I am determined to make it happen and it will...we just need to be patient a little bit longer.

This endeavor to find our Mountain is in my every waking and sleeping thoughts. Brokeback got me good and it won't let me go

Please hold on just a little longer...our Brokeback Mountain is almost within our grasp....I can already feel the gentle summer Mountain breezes brushing against my face.

Our dream is just a moment away and, in my particular case, just a "heartbeat" away. I will never let this dream die. I promise.

John
June 25, 2006