Thread by @bennewmark

#littlestories.
1. My old English teacher at @DixonsAcademies Mr King told us this. It's about climbing and about different universes existing in the same physical place. Faults in memory mine. But it's worth it a scrolling down.

2 Mr King was a climber and so was his wife. They climbed together as part of a group that did up in mountains and cliffs. One day they roped up and began. Everything went fine. Everyone climbed a huge, huge cliff. Roped in. Safe.

3. Then Mr King's wife stepped up. Sorry for not knowing her name. She wasn't my teacher so it's faded. She was three quarters of the way up when the people belaying her spotted she wasn't properly roped in..

4. For non climbers this means she had no rope protection. If she slipped or fell she would die. Often on hard climbs people take a break. They lean back on the rope and rest. This is what Mr King's wife thought she could do..

5. But she couldn't. If she did all protection would come out and she would fall and die. And she didn't know..

6. Which left those on the ground looking up with an impossible dilemma. Tell her? If you slip you die? Would she panic? Or tell her and encourage her to do it without a break without knowing why? There are no right calls. They went for option B.

7. She didn't understand. At one important and difficult point she wanted a rest. To lean back on the ropes. She didn't know if she did this she would die.

8. Those below her had to hide their fear but encourage her. They did. Telling her she didn't need the rest. She could do it one. She was confused and they had to convince her while hiding the utter terror.

9. And she did it. In one. And was pleased. And then she looked down and saw a group of men and women crying and hugging each other and crying and not able to stop. And she had no idea what had just happened.

10. And this is how wild and weird the world is and how it sometimes does incredible things.

Fin.