I was afraid of falling, from above things of course look different, I was taking steps from beam to beam so as not to put my weight on the areas that looked fragile.

The wind was blowing hard, with an open sheet clutched in each hand I was sure I would have been displaced, but it's not a good idea to find out.

I liked my friend's idea to climb up on the roof and take some photos.

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It took me a while to climb the final stretch, I was about to turn back, besides that inner staircase was full of cobwebs, I could not find where to hold on, I was surprised because a few years ago I could do this kind of things with such skill, but surely the years do not pass in vain.

After a few minutes, or maybe seconds, we were already on the roof, the sky was cloudy and I thought it was not the most opportune moment, because practically not even the mountain could be seen, however, as I moved more towards one of the ends to contemplate part of the city, the clouds made space and opened like a curtain to show a beautiful sunset.

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My friend took some pictures of me and I took pictures of him, some of which I shared in a previous post, however, the experience was not just a photo shoot. You can't imagine the vertigo I felt, even though the height is not so high, at times I relaxed and simply dedicated myself to contemplate and listen to the wind, when I was lucky and my friend was silent, because it is hard for him to be quiet, I don't know how we still have so many years of friendship.

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I liked the place, I liked being upstairs, no double meanings, please...

However, at times I was afraid of falling, of stepping on the wrong foot and going all the way down, I don't know why everything felt so fragile. My mind sometimes plays tricks on me. My friend was getting closer to the shore and I called him to go back, he has a prosthesis in his knee and at times it moves from place to place and he can be deprived of pain for a while, I didn't want that to happen all of a sudden.

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I start to remember and I think I have never had an adventurous spirit, sometimes fear has paralyzed me. Many years ago I was with my sisters in a Club and there was a pool with a huge slide of those that have many curves, I thought to throw myself, when I decided, or so I thought, I went up to the place intended for that and when I saw down I just could not, fear paralyzed me.

I saw how my sister and a friend enjoyed the descent and came back for more and I just didn't want to do it, I went back down the stairs.

My friend tells me "every bad is a coward ". But I'm a good girl, we just see a lot of things very differently and it's very easy for us to get angry at each other.

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Well, anyway, I felt scared being upstairs although I would like to come back with some music of my liking to sit for a while and just be.

When we went down, I started to contemplate the roof from the inside and I saw it quite safe, I saw no way I could have fallen, at least inside, I think I was worried for no real reason and because of that I did not enjoy that moment as I could have done.

By the way, these pictures are from inside the place, it is a multipurpose indoor gym, located in the Central University of Venezuela, in Caracas, my friend works there, in the internal part. On Saturday I went to visit it.

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"This gym is nicknamed "la cachucha" because of its resemblance to the military Kepis cap (from French képi), used by the Venezuelan army in the 1950s, when it was built."

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Seen from the outside, its shape is very original.

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See you next time 😉

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_{Photos from my personal gallery, edited with my phone and in Canva.}