Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (50)
shadownet
Great capture!
jeroni
Beautiful composition. excellent work
mambo
Schön ist es in der Schweiz! Wonderful shot! Well done!!***** Gruss aus der Schweiz.
lyron
Fantastic image. Excellent shot!!
flora-crassella
großartig dieser Berg! Das Foto ist super!
PIERRE25
Joli paysage, belle photo!
bebert
le rêve de beaucoup d'alpinistes :) belle photo.
armoric56
great shot!
JeffG7BRJ
Did you get any shots from the top Sig? #;0) Excellent capture, and a very impressive mountain. Bravo!!!!!
durleybeachbum
What a place!
timtripp
superb
pops
Very impressive scene and capture
CavalierLady
Outstanding image and wonderful job on the scanning and processing!
flavia49
A very famous place!!! great capture!!!
kgb224
What a composition my friend and such good qaulity after so many years.
Faemike55
Great shot! Brings to mind the movie with Clint Eastwood, 'The Eiger Sanction'
ragouc
Nice shot and POV.
ysvry
fantastic foto.
Richardphotos
magnificent vista and capture
kasalin
Superschöner pov, lieber Siegfried !!! Klasse Foto...und danke für die Infos :) 5*
annie5
Amazing scene and capture,Sig! You have a very good scanner :)
sandra46
SUPERB VIEW!
Miska7
Very nice scene! Great capture.
flaviok
Fantástico visual, esplendida captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
dbrv6
Absolutly stunning! If I have not said so before thanks for sharing the world tour of all your captures.
tennesseecowgirl
Looks like an awesome place to visit!!
Minda
The most beautiful place i ever seen,soooo wonderful sig...wish i lived this kind of place...excellent shot!!
greensleeves81
Exellent and exiting! 13thousand+ ft, is it easy to breath there?
auntietk
What a spectacular scene! I know I'm supposed to be looking at the mountain, but once I looked there, I got all distracted by the foundation of the building. That's just fascinating. And all the windows face the valley. It must be quite a beautiful sight!
junge1
The Eiger Nordwand used to be the training place for climbers that planned to climb Mount Everest and other Himalayan peaks. At least 50 people lost their lives on this wall. Often, when they were half way up (or down) the weather changed and they couldn't be rescued and froze to death. The wall is also unstable due to warming. We went there with my mother and brother by Zahnradbahn from Grindelwald.