Stair Flights

Some people will do anything to get out of exercising

Photo by Bill Adler

Searing sweat etches pockmarks into the stairs as if it were acid, burning my eyes on its way down. The relentless climbing is good for my lungs, heart, bones, immune system, and a hundred other bodily functions I can’t name, but there are a thousand other things I’d rather do than suffer the monotony of step, step, step. I climb head down because if…