The Sound of Waking up Before Your Alarm Clock
I awoke at 5:56, been beating the clock for weeks. Why? Continue reading The Sound of Waking up Before Your Alarm Clock
Category: Personal Narrative
The Day I Learned My Cousin Is a Professional Climber
I learned a few things that day. Like how someone can hum with crystal glass vibrancy–the kind you can hear and feel. Or how a gleam in their eye is gonna stick to you like burdock burrs after a hike in the woods. There’s no escaping it. That’s how it was, talking with him about … Continue reading The Day I Learned My Cousin Is a Professional Climber
It Won’t Go: On Breaking Up After a Climbing Trip
I’d never wanted a vacation to be over before it started.
Maybe it was because I knew we’d be over when the trip ended. Maybe I was trying to delay the inevitable. Continue reading It Won’t Go: On Breaking Up After a Climbing Trip
The Black Magic and Heart Break of Zakrzówek Quarry
We walked to the quarry and had our first talk of the end. She’d come to visit from Budapest and was staying for a long weekend. We’d last seen each other five weeks before and spent the ensuing time apart on separate continents. We left on good turns. Now we were back in Krakow and … Continue reading The Black Magic and Heart Break of Zakrzówek Quarry
Aaron Gerry 