The Andes From Above
Flying higher than the aces of the thirties
Henri Guillaumet, Jean Mermoz and Antoine de Saint Exupéry
And the other few who dared the South Atlantic and the highest peaks
The stars and the sands of the Aeropostale and the Trans Andean flights
Comfortably sitting in a plush armchair, sipping at a rare scotch
In the safe bubble of a pressurized cabin at thirty five thousand feet
Flying above the pioneer’s routes, I scan the crags and valleys
Lines of treacherous peaks like hungry jaws waiting for the Icarus fall
Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
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