# @tony.karpinski on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMxYKeQo3yP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73463521-tonykarpinski-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f8f4673125.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-31T12:05:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Tony Karpinski (@tony.karpinski) — https://gondola.cc/tony.karpinski

## Caption

“Above it All”

He’s seen more roofs than most see skies.
Each rung a story, a scar, a try.
Paint on his trousers, ink on his back,
A city below, a cat on track.

The air’s thin here — but the silence is thick.
A sigh from the bricks, a creak from the stick.
He climbs not to escape, but to mend, to hold —
A piece of the world where stories unfold.

Day 2 of Ladder Week — quiet tributes to the men who rise above it all.

#ladderweek #urbanlegends #workingclassheroes #rooftopstories #aboveitlondon #gritandgrace #oldlondon #visualpoetry #tattoolife #streetsincolour #lostlondon #roofmen #bricksandink #catonaroof #roughandsacred #ladderlife #everydayepic #historiclondon #labouroflife

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## Tags

catonaroof, streetsincolour, ladderlife, urbanlegends, oldlondon, tattoolife, aboveitlondon, lostlondon, everydayepic, roughandsacred, visualpoetry, historiclondon, ladderweek, rooftopstories, roofmen, labouroflife, gritandgrace, workingclassheroes, bricksandink

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