Snow Tatami

Micro-stories from the first edition of the competition: High Altitude Storieswe let you enjoy with Snow Tatamiby Alexis López Vidal, winner of the first prize in the micro-story competition, High Altitude Stories I .

Snow Tatami

-by Alexis López Vidal-

The dark rocky peak of a volcano had been set in her pupils as an infant and, in those lively and curious orbs, had twinned with other peaks crowned over the years. With each ascent, despite her seemingly frail frame, her spirits tightened like the rope that held her and she grew bigger, even bigger, a colossus of unbreakable will overcoming the slope. And now, after breaking trail through the painful gorge of indifference, ostracism and even the most blatant contempt for her womanhood, after prevailing over the angry whiteness of the avalanches, Junko Tabei gazed steadily at the route above her head. A tatami of snow awaited at the summit of Everest.