A Mountain Writer Retrospective
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Margo Talbot
The Banff Mountain Writers Program has ended, and the six participants and their two editors have all gone their separate ways. The retreat had elements of an expedition, or rehab, where you live through an intense group experience with all of its attendant highs and lows.
I can honestly say that this course has exceeded my expectations. In the final analysis we all got what we came for, namely the skills to take our project post course to the stage where we are ready to deliver the manuscript into the hands of an editor and publisher.
I can’t say it was easy delving into my past for three weeks straight. When I resurfaced I felt like I needed more therapy. Instead I got to hang out with my friends’ children in Canmore, do Crossfit with Kim and Sarah, and train on Will’s new drytooling ladder in the backyard.
When you live for decades without a network of support, you feel infinitely grateful once you have one. In this vein I would like to thank all of the people that helped bring me to the point where I can write about depression in the past tense.
And I would like to thank my sponsor, Outdoor Research, for their ongoing support of my journey, this time into the wilderness of my psyche.
