In the waiting room at the asthma doctor there are pictures everywhere of snowy white mountain peaks, shrouded in clouds. probably none of us in this room are ever going to see mountain peaks like these in real life, what with our shitty lung capacities even at normal elevation levels, so it’s nice, i guess, that they are here for us to see, to forget the dreary urban landscape of North Broad Street that lies just beyond the doors to the right.
maybe it’s actually supposed to be cruel, those pictures, like some kind of inside joke the asthma doctors all have a good laugh at when everyone leaves for the day. maybe it’s a challenge. Band of Philadelphia Asthma Sufferers Unite, Climb Mt. Everest; Doctors Shocked, say the headlines. or maybe it’s just the result of a blind order from a corporate art catalog.
at any rate, someone once climbed a mountain and took those pictures, and i bet that asshole didn’t have asthma.
Love this post, very you. Also I had a friend climb a very famous tall mountain I can not spell who had asthma. There is hope for you, maybe these pictures are what you can tackle after you tackle asthma.
After you leave you will feel like you are ready to climb the alps, as long as you take the proper precautions.