Monday, August 31, 2009

One hundred and one

A computer voice says "Cabin pressure lost." An oxygen mask whips me across the face. Men scream, women cry. The jet engine on the other side of the plane exploded. A large hole opened where the left wing used to be.

This flight was supposed to take me out of South America, away from the mountains I had spent these past few weeks climbing. The brochure had bright words in large fonts on the cover: ADVENTURE! THRILLS! FUN!

Put someone in my chair, plummeting from 36,000 feet in the sky. I'll show him ADVENTURE! THRILLS! FUN!

Death is our last adventure.

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