The Scent of Juniper: Poems of the Himalayas

Mikel Vause is a poet and a climber who never forgets Wordsworth, too, was a mountaineer. Like his forerunner, he seeks and attains a vision of wholeness that comprehends boyhood and marriage, as well as physical and psychological extremities amid the heights. I feel grateful for this brave, luminous book.
-John Elder, author of many books on environmental issues, as well as creative work of non-fiction and poetry
Mike is indefatigable. His energetic love of literature and his palpable love of the mountains are an inspiration.
-Stephen Venables, Mountaineer, past president of the Alpine Club, and prizing winning author
It's no accident that the gifted Mikel Vause invokes Wordsworth now and then in this new collection. In these poems Vause has brought back to us from some of the steepest inclines on the planet, and help us because of his sharp images and intense lyrical bursts of heart to ascend even higher...
-Alan Cheuse, author of many novels and a regular book reviewer for the NPR radio program All Things Considered.
Mikel Vause took to mountaineering for its own sake as it was in the beginning when there was nothing in the way of the experience beautifully revealed in this book of poems.
-Doug Scott, CBE author of Big Wall Climbing and Himalayan Climber