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Are the Grand Tetons of USA in the Brokeback Mountain film??
Front-Ranger:
Hey, Artiste, I love your questions! Here is my pitiful attempt at answering.
1. The small horse that is in the cache is a treasure that I've heard was contributed by Sashca of this board, but I'm not sure. Hopefully someone can provide a better answer. I do not own anything in the cache, it resides safely on top of Brokenback Mountain, to be shared with anyone who wishes to make a pilgrimage there.
2. The movie horse belongs to our member Adrian (formerly adrian.delmar). I have had the pleasure of meeting this horse in person at the Wonder Bar in Casper, Wyoming. It is being well cared for. It's quite an interesting piece. A very stocky horse that reminds me of the Trojan Horse. It is covered with lovely little whittle marks. Adrian also has the knife that Heath Ledger used, and they are kept always together.
3. Those pictures were taken in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming, not the Grand Tetons.
4. The actual mountain is named Brokenback Mountain. It is impossible to ask Annie Proulx if she changed the name of the mountain because she insists that there is no Brokeback Mountain. In the story, though, she placed it in the same place as the real Brokenback Mountain.
5. JFT is Jack Fuckin Twist...what Ennis called his friend.
Artiste:
Thanks Front-Ranger!!
Boy, you sure know how to please a man!!
Love your smile too!!
Your answers are great!! I am very thankful!!
1. It is great that all can seek the cache - that is truly a gay spirit and action!!
2. Cache: (French word you know?)!!
I am surprised as well as happy that you use that word!! Why?? Are you of French-Canadien stock like Annie??
Will answer other later... because my back is killing me right now.
Again thanks for making me smile to your content!!
Hugs!!
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Artiste on March 24, 2007, 06:53:39 pm ---Thanks Front-Ranger!!
Boy, you sure know how to please a man!!
Love your smile too!!
Your answers are great!! I am very thankful!!
...Are you of French-Canadien stock like Annie??
Will answer other later... because my back is killing me right now.
Hugs!!
--- End quote ---
<blush> Why thank you, Artiste! <kicks dirt with cowboy boot> Aw shucks!!
By smile, I think you mean the smile I had when I was holding the cache and the whiskey bottle on top of Brokenback Mountain! There is a funny story associated with that! I can't tell you all of it, ::) but, first I poured out some of the Maker Makes (we changed the label of the Maker's Mark whiskey bottle) to annoint the mountain in honour of John and Phillip's anniversaire. And, then I was saving some back because I wanted to drink it. But EDelMar said, "Pour it all out!" So, I did. Then when he was taking a picture of me with the cache, he kept saying "Get lower!!" until I was almost touching the snow with my cheeks!! And laughing my head off!! Not to mention me being totally out of my head with happiness at being there (and having survived the long trip in near-zero weather!!)
Cache is the word universally used for the type of collection that is there...it's in a metal box with instructions on the top, and there is a guest book. It's nice to have a picture, but it can't come close to the experience of having been there!! No, I'm far from being French Canadian. But, did you know that Annie Proulx is French-Canuck? Mais oui!!
I would like to come give you a backrub so you can chat with me some more! C'mere, s'alright...s'alright...
Front-Ranger:
Artiste, there are some pictures of Devil's Tower in Wyoming here if you're interested.
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,7433.0.html
It is not mentioned in the story or the movie, so this may be off topic. However, Devil's Tower can just barely be seen from the family plot up near Lightning Flat!
Artiste:
Thanks Front-Ranger!!
You do not know that some of your expressions made me smile!! Happily!! Whit and without your boots on!!
And I could not help to continue being happy too with this which made me laugh gladly:
I would like to come give you a backrub so you can chat with me some more! C'mere, s'alright...s'alright...
...
A backrub in the snow top of Brokenback Mountain??
Yes, I know that Annie is from French-Canadienne stock!!
Did you know that some of her relatives started a place or town??... or were in Wyoming, I think it was??
Keep on smiling stud... one day I will polish your boots??
Want to hear more of your jokes and see more photos of Brokenback Mountain trip you did and those stories too...
Hugs!!
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