Un Tom Sawyer del subdesarrollo
Ya estaba en 5° ó 6° de escuela, ya tenía una autonomía que me permitía visitar a amigos y recorrer e investigar el barrio. Muy cerca de donde vivía una tarde fuimos con un compañero a la playa de maniobras del ferrocarril, está ubicada en los terrenos que se conocen como Campo del Polo. Nada que ver con el frío, si con el deporte ecuestre que se supone los ingleses “del ferrocarril” practicaban en sus ratos de ocio. El terreno queda en medio de un triángulo ferroviario que une las vías que van al norte y al este, hoy está compartido con un grupo de viviendas – posiblemente de gente del ferrocarril – y canchas de fútbol, cuando yo era chico las viviendas no estaban, era todo un gran descampado, excepto por las vías y los trenes allí parados.
Nos tiramos en una vagoneta que tenía una vía en desnivel hasta aburrirnos, luego a uno de nosotros – no creo que haya sido yo – se le ocurrió subir a una gran grúa, mas bien era la base de una grúa como las que hay en los puertos, tienen rieles y una base cuadrada a gran altura donde va la caseta del operario que la maniobra. Subir por la escalera adosada a una de las patas-ruedas no fue difícil, la vista, a pesar del miedo, valía la pena, ahora……. bajar fue otra cosa.
Mis amigos bajaron sin problemas, a mí me vino un vértigo repentino y no atinaba a hacer nada, me daban ganas de tirarme y ya está, pero me rompería todas las piernas. No había barandas, ni saliente que me permitiera darme vuelta y bajar de espaldas al vacío.
Me sentía un Tom Sawyer subdesarrollado, subí pero no me animaba a bajar, finalmente de una forma muy poco ortodoxa y estética ( por suerte no había ni móviles con cámara ni nada parecido ) me acosté boca abajo en el piso de la grúa, me arrimé yendo hacia atrás de a poco, bajé los pies y al apoyarlos en el primer escalón ya todo pareció mas fácil.
Finalmente bajé y como se podrán dar cuenta sano y salvo termino de escribir uno de los episodios mas oscuros y mas tristes para mi valor personal.
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Playa Edison, Montevideo / Edison Train Yard, Montevideo
Third World´s Tom Sawyer
But that time I was at 5th or 6th school year, the years of discovery. I went alone - without my fathers - to many places and wanted to explore and discover my own world, then with a school friend we went to an old ( but that time old too ) train yard near our house.
There were a lot of old abandoned engines, wagoons and a lot of "heavy metal" devices , also an old and big port forklift but without the upper cabin, then we want to went up. Went up was easy and the view was excellent - and exclusive for us and this was we wanted - , but went downstairs was not the same. I didn´t go down, I was really scared, really.
I felt as a Third´s world Tom Sawyer, I went up but scared to went down, I thinked about jump ( was at almost 5 meters higher and for a child it was like an skycrapper )....... With a non elegant movements, step to step I began to went down, the first step was the worst !!!
Finally I can went down without any damage, I never told before this terrible chapter of my explorer´s life.
But that time I was at 5th or 6th school year, the years of discovery. I went alone - without my fathers - to many places and wanted to explore and discover my own world, then with a school friend we went to an old ( but that time old too ) train yard near our house.
There were a lot of old abandoned engines, wagoons and a lot of "heavy metal" devices , also an old and big port forklift but without the upper cabin, then we want to went up. Went up was easy and the view was excellent - and exclusive for us and this was we wanted - , but went downstairs was not the same. I didn´t go down, I was really scared, really.
I felt as a Third´s world Tom Sawyer, I went up but scared to went down, I thinked about jump ( was at almost 5 meters higher and for a child it was like an skycrapper )....... With a non elegant movements, step to step I began to went down, the first step was the worst !!!
Finally I can went down without any damage, I never told before this terrible chapter of my explorer´s life.
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