November 03, 2024

Faith and string

Published by
Zahra_abedi
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"The mountaineer wanted to conquer the peak as soon as possible, so even though it was late and the weather was gradually getting dark, instead of camping, he continued to climb until it was completely dark.

 The blackness of the night had cast a shadow on the mountains and the mountaineer could not see anything, but he knew that he was only a few steps away from the summit, he took another step when his foot slipped and he was thrown down with a sudden rush.

 In the dark of the night and in that terrible valley, suddenly, just at the moment when he saw his death close, he felt the rope tied around his waist pull him.

 The rope was stuck on a rock or a tree root or something else that could not be seen in the darkness of the night, and the climber was suspended between the sky and the ground.

 It was only the rope that held him and in that silence he had no other choice but to look up and shout: God help me…

 Suddenly he heard a voice from the sky:

 - What do you want from me?

 - God, save me

 Are you sure I can save you?

 - Yes, I believe, I have believed in you all my life.

 - So cut the rope tied to your waist...!

 A moment passed in silence and the mountaineer decided…

 He held on to the rope with all his strength and tried to stay still so that the rope would not break due to his movements and he would fall to the bottom of the valley that was under his feet and he could not see its depth in that darkness.

 The next day, the rescue team reported that the frozen body of the mountaineer was found hanging from a rope and his two hands were tightly holding the rope, only one meter from the ground..."

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