Magical Dangers and a Back fully Loaded with Adventures!
A Tale from A Climber and Traveller. Detour included.
After two hard weeks of work at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, there were two more exhausting weeks. Last week, the last week of our three-week assignment in Hamburg, was another tough one.
With thunderstorms, rain, storms, snow and a thunderstorm as close as I have ever been, my past week was adventurous and dangerous. I could hear the crackling of the thunderstorm through a video recording I did. The video isn't particularly spectacular, but I'll tell you one thing, it's a big difference to be right in the middle of it and at risk of being struck by lightning instead of seeing a video of it, or rather hearing it.
There were incidents, one major injury and several minor ones, as well as an unpleasant event that happened in parallel.
But we have mastered the task.
The top team did it again.
Nach zwei heftigen Wochen Arbeit an der Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, kamen zusätzlich zwei weitere anstrengende zwei Wochen. Vergangene Woche, die letzte Woche unseres dreiwöchigen Einsatzes in Hamburg, war nochmals eine Herausforderung.
Mit Gewitter, Regen, Sturm, Schnee und einem Gewitter so nahe wie noch nie, war meine vergangene Woche abenteuerlich und gefährlich. Ich konnte die Spannung des Gewitters durch das Knistern bei einer Videoaufnahme hören. Das Video ist nicht sonderlich spektakulär, aber eines sag’ ich Euch, es ist ein großer Unterschied, mittendrin zu sein und die Gefahr vom Blitz getroffen zu werden, statt ein Video davon zu sehen, oder eher zu hören.
Es gab Zwischenfälle, eine große Verletzung und mehrere kleinere, sowie ein unangenehmes Ereignis, was parallel geschah.
Doch haben wir den Einsatz gemeistert.
Mit dem Top-Team haben wir es ein weiteres Mal geschafft.
That's why I earned myself total relaxation last weekend. Lots of chocolate and my first bigger meeting this year with some good friends. But battles were fought here as well and we had tough unfair fights in the world of Magic the Gathering.
Stuffed with chocolate and under protracted sieges, I couldn't make any pictures.
So habe ich mir mein vergangenes Wochenende mit totaler Entspannung verdient, bei viel Schokolade und mein erstes größeres Treffen dieses Jahres mit guten Freunden. Doch auch hier wurden Schlachten geschlagen und wir hatten harte unfaire Kämpfe, in der Welt von Magic the Gathering.
Schokoladig vollgestopft und unter langwierigen Belagerungen, schaffte ich es nicht Fotos machen.
On Monday I had my refresher course where I met a good long-time work colleague and friend, who is my trainer by now.
This refresher course is necessary once a year for my climbing certification in order to meet a variety of requirements.
Coincidentally, there was an engineer from the same company that I wanted to meet and engage with for the RomotionCam project that same week.
On Monday evening I felt all my adventures the past weeks, whether Magic the Gathering, working at the limit in crazy weather conditions, next to danger and at heights, the refreshing course, I fell asleep quite early. Even the next day, it wasn't until Tuesday evening that I realised I missed Kvinna's Monday MeetUp.
A real shame. I even had left a comment that I'll make it this time.
Anyway, next time. But before that, the Swamp MeetUp in Berlin, which I'm looking forward to.
Am Montag hatte ich meine Wiederholungsunterweisung und traf einen guten langen Arbeitskollegen und Freund, der inzwischen mein Trainer ist.
Diese wiederholungsunterweisung ist einmal im Jahr für meine kletterzertifizierung notwendig, um vielerlei Voraussetzungen gerecht zu werden.
Zufällig war der Ingenieur von der gleichen Firma dabei, mit dem ich in derselben Woche für das Projekt RomotionCam treffen und auseinandersetzen wollte.
Am Montagabend spürte ich all die vergangenen Wochen meiner Einsätze, egal ob Magic the Gathering, Arbeiten am Limit, neben Gefahr und in der Höhe, das Wiederholungstraining von Kletter- und Rettungstechniken, schlief ich recht früh ein. Selbst am nächsten Tag dauerte es bis zum Abend, als ich registrierte, dass ich das Montag MeetUp von kwinna verpasste.
Wirklich schade. Dabei hatte ich noch eine Ansage in einem Kommentar hinterlassen, das ich sie dieses Mal schnappen werde. Auf ein nächstes Mal.
Doch davor gibt's erstmal das Swamp MeetUp in Berlin, worauf ich mich bereits freue.
This week changed quite spontaneously, as the company where I do my refresher course needed help with a glass cleaning in the center of Berlin.
And there is a lot to do. Challange accepted!
Diese Woche änderte sich recht spontan, da die Firma, bei der ich meine Wiederholungsunterweisung ablegte, Hilfe bei einer Glasreinigung im Zentrum Berlins brauchte.
Und dort gibt es einiges zu tun. Herausforderung angenommen!
Another challenge on Thursday, however, I had to drop out and help another company, which I pledged myself to. Poster change. That being said, I actually had an appointment with the engineer and the RomotionCams. But that wasn't all.
Easter Egg 🐰 or an April fools hangover 😂
On the same day, a kind of emergency call came for a first inspection of the boiler in Berlin's power plant. That would have happened at Easter, on Friday and Saturday. But as quickly as it came in, it was canceled just as quickly on the following day.
A little mess.
As a result, I had to row in this little hustle. Moving my equipment to different places, which isn't easy at the moment. My car, which broke down on the way from Barcelona to Berlin, has now arrived at my trusted workshop in Blankenburg, but it is still being treated. Going by motorcycle and bicycle can be frustrating. Definitely with so much equipment packed, it's often a head turner on the road. Motorcyclists with approx 200 m ropes and various climbing equipment on the motorcycle's back. In addition, I have a peculiarly driving style. This is probably due to my very first motorcycle trip, in Asia, where I learned to ride a motorcycle.
Am Donnerstag musste ich jedoch abspringen und half einer anderen Firma, für die ich mich ebenfalls versprach. Posterwechsel.
Davon abgesehen hatte ich mich eigentlich mit dem Ingenieur und den RomotionCams verabredet. Doch das war nicht alles.
Osterei 🐰 oder Aprilscherzkater 😂
Am selben Tag kam eine Art Noteinsatz für eine Erstbegehung des Kessels im Kraftwerk Berlin. Das wäre zu Ostern, am Freitag und Samstag passiert. Doch so schnell wie es reinkam, genauso schnell wurde es abgesagt am Folgetag.
Ein kleines durcheinander.
Dadurch hatte ich ein wenig zu rudern, hatte mein Equipment hin und her bewegen müssen, was nicht ganz so einfach momentan ist. Mein Auto, was auf dem Weg von Barcelona nach Berlin stehen blieb, ist inzwischen in meiner Werkstatt des Vertrauens, in Blankenburg angekommen, aber noch in Behandlung. Daher nutze ich mein Motorrad und Fahrrad. Mit so viel Equipment, die für meine Einsätze benötigt werden, ist es oft ein Hingucker auf der Straße. Motorradfahrer mit ca. 200 m Seile und diverse Kletterausrüstung hinten drauf. Zusätzlich habe ich einen eigenwürdigen Fahrstil. Das kommt vermutlich durch meine allererste Motorradreise in Asien, wo ich Motorraddahren lernte.
Oh well, motorcycling.
A little detour...
Now that I have a sponatneous weekend off, I was able to enjoy a bonfire with friends and recall my motorcycle trip in asia.
Da ich jetzt ein spontanes freies Wochenende habe, konnte ich ein Feuer mit Freunde genießen und meine Motorradtour durch Asien in Erinnerung rufen.
Sometimes the road ended in the middle of nowhere.
Manchmal endete die Straße mitten im Nirgendwo.
And I had to walk...
Und ich musste laufen...
Through detours...
Über Abwege...
Through mud...
Durch Schlamm...
To the highest...
Zum höchsten Punkt...
Or the basement...
Oder im Keller...
Encounters of diverse identeties...
Begegnungen diverser Identitäten...
Gather herbs with the village medicine lady...
Mit der Medizinfrau des Dorfes Kräuter sammeln...
And smoke it, so I don't know where up or down is...
Und es rauchen, sodass ich nicht mehr weiß, wo oben oder unten ist...
Asking the Mechanicalangelo of the village what is the right way...
Den Mechanicalango des Dorfes fragen, was der richtige Weg sei...
Defo not off the path.
Definitiv nicht abseits vom Weg...
Ultimately ending at the gates of beginning...
Letztendlich beim Tor des Beginns enden...
...to meditate in the shaddows of the mountains.
...um in den Schatten der Berge zu meditieren.
Two weeks have passed since my last post. I've made it my goal to post at least once a week. But I definitely hang around too much and swing too often between different jobs.
In addition, I still have the difficult task of choosing a suitable community to put my posts in.
There are many photos that I would like to share with the PhotographyLover community (@hive-194913) as well as with the DACH community because I wrote some phrases that I really like in German. There are also memories from trips and great places for Pinmapple. The Worklife Community (@hive-195880) fits because it's about my job, which isn't a common job and offers many times adventurous perspectives.
How can I point you to a post that I think is appropriate, but also has appropriate content for other communities and has already posted there?
Zwei Wochen seit meinen letzten Post sind vergangen. Ich hänge einfach zu viel rum und schaukel zwischen verschiedene Arbeit, denn ich hatte mir vorgenommen, mindests einmal die Woche einen Post zu verfassen.
Zusätzlich stellt sich mir immer noch die schwierige Aufgabe, eine geeignete Community zu wählen, wo ich meine Posts hineinstecke.
Es gibt viele Fotos die ich gerne mit der PhotographyLover Community teilen möchte, so wie mit der DACH Community (@hive-121566), da ich einige Phrasen schrieb, die mir im deutschen gut gefallen. Auch Erinnerungen von Reisen und tolle Orte für Pinmapple gibt's. Bei der Worklife Community passt's, weil's um meinen Beruf geht, der nicht oft ausgeführt wird und immer wieder abenteuerliche Perspektiven bietet.
Welche Möglichkeit habe ich, um Euch auf einen Post hinzuweisen, den ich für passend halte, jedoch ebenfalls passenden Inhalt für andere Communities und diesen bereits dort reinstellte?
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Omg I almost fainted seeing that picture of you standing so high up in the sky in Asia. So high!
Hopefully, the injured of your team are ok now? It seems like it's a very dangerous job sometimes and must be scary at times as well. I hope for you and your team that it comes with some extra pay for the risk you're taking :)
And don't feel bad about skipping some days/weeks, it happens to all of us, and fully understandable!
Take care!
I don't know if that's good or not, to make people faint 🤣😉
Yes, we are all recovered and fine again. Thank you.
And yes, we got some extra money for that kind of jobs. Though, times have changed.
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Yikes!!! That second image is so hair-raising, you really have to put all your faith in the equipment, I can never do that! I was walking over a metal grate drain yesterday measuring less than 1m wide, with water gushing past underneath. I was petrified that I'd fall through it 😅
I feel you. Did you have any fall protection on that metal grate drain? 😉
Yes, faith is a part of our daily work life. But control is a bigger one in it. With at least two, sometimes multiple rope systems and appropriate safety measures, like always a backup system for the backup, plus a good understanding of hazards, you can make it very save. Statistically, more accidents happen on stairs and ladders, or way to wide openings in metal grate drains 😉
Nevertheless, it is a great thrill, hanging so high up. You need faith. I'm a believer 😆
Hello, @growandbow !
What a spectacular view you always bring us in your posts! I just said it before, and I continue to say it... I couldn't perform your job, even if I was only 40 meters from ground! I have a fear of heights! I can say it it has a small traumatic event that I had when I was a child... I remember when I was very very small child (less then 4 years old... and I can recall it because I didn't had a brother back then, he is 4 years younger then me), I dropped a bottle on my downstairs neighbor's pvc roof... And I lived on the second floor... which obviously blew a hole the diameter of the bottom of this bottle! At that time, my parents, after the displeasure shown by my neighbor, grounded me. Interesting, how an episode, which has nothing to do with a fall of mine, managed to do and produce such a fear of heights, and of dropping the things I have in my hand! Even today, when I'm on the ledge of a high place, I'm afraid of dropping what I have in my hands! (camera, mobile phone, etc!).
I just loved the little detour in your post! It was lovely!
This picture is AWESOME! Congratulations!
Thanks for sharing.
I totally get your point. I know how massive an impact of falling objects can be. Even a falling cloth can be a hazard to somebody. Imagine that cloth, or a square meter of film of a sticker (advertising), it wouldn't strike somebody to death or do any damage directly. But if it falls onto a windscreen of a lorry 🙈
Probably because of your experience you'd be a great climber. Always tie up lose objects.
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I'm not as brave as you are!! That is for sure, my friend... ^.^
Thank you so much my friend 🙏🏽😌
Omg, yes please. I want to travel with you.
LFG! 😌
Yes, we will. Where will our next winter be?
Beautiful photos. Good post.
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