# @plusjames on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BkOPwKkg7v0
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20819116-plusjames-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/30ac608aff.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-06-19T22:13:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** James Ramos (@plusjames) — https://gondola.cc/plusjames

## Caption

“You’re stuck? Just pass me your backpack.”
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I got stuck in an ancient underground tunnel under Jerusalem today. An archaeological find revealed a drainage channel that ran through Jerusalem. It’s wet, slippery, dark and completely my Indiana Jones dream. 6 meters underground, the passage narrows. I saw it coming. There were plastic sheets on the walls to smoothen out the impacts from bumping around. “Just think you’ll fit and you’ll fit! I think I can, I think I can, I think... I can’t. I can’t.” My shoulders pinned closer to my neck as I realized I became a cork in a wine glass, wedged in and blocking the fun. “Can we back up? I’m stuck. Yeah, I’m stuck.”
I resisted the urge to beep like a dump truck, it’s already a dumpy situation. I laughed. I’m stuck in an ancient sewer in the town Jesus performed miracles in. “Jesus? Mary? Joseph? Are you there? Can you help me? Might need a miracle here,” I prayed in my head. I laughed again, maybe more panicked: I thought about Israeli architects extracting me. But Mary was behind me. No flash of light or apparition, Mary was a fellow pilgrim on this #PhilosCatholic trip, she said “You’re stuck? Just pass me your backpack. It’s why you’re stuck. Back up! You’ve got it!” Awkwardly walking backwards several steps until I could maneuver my backpack off, I laughed again and slipped on a stone. “Just don’t fall!” I kept thinking (I’d later trip in front of The Western Wall... smooth move.) There’s a ton of metaphors about bringing baggage to Jerusalem, and at that moment, wedged in a bit like Augustus Gloop with less chocolate, but it’s pretty obvious: pilgrims can’t go it alone, or else you’ll be stuck in a ancient drainage tunnel in Jerusalem. Alone. With no chocolate. #goodiswinning

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philoscatholic, goodiswinning

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