Set off in the dark and be on the high point for first light
“Leaving the house alone into the dark to climb feels like breaking a rule your body made for you, and the climb is cold and blind and slow, but then the light comes up over a city that is still asleep and it is entirely yours.”
The Recipe
- The evening before, find the highest hill or high point you can reach on foot by a proper made path, and look up when first light is.
- Set off in the dark with enough time to climb it slowly and still beat the sun.
- Climb to the top and stay through the change from dark to full light.
- Watch the city come up out of the grey below you.
- Come down once it is properly awake.
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