Six years in the mountains

We continue with the publication of the micro-stories of the first edition of the competition: High Altitude StoriesWe let you enjoy with "Six years of mountain", by Jaume Barceló Pons.

Six years in the mountains

-by Jaume Barceló Pons-

Every day at six in the morning I start running in the mountains like a liberated soul and as if there was no tomorrow, without thinking about what I'm doing, but one day you find yourself at the finish line about to run an ultra trail and without thinking about the madness, the sacrifice and the early mornings to get here. It's not about running faster or devouring the mountain with my feet, it's about escaping from what haunts me and torments me, I realise that I am part of the mountain and that the only thing that matters is to come back again and again, that there are no more exits, the only escape route that exists! An oasis in the abyss of my head, a fantasy book where to devour summits and illusions! But why the mountain? How did I get here?