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 (24)
blinkings
Very interesting.
bazza
Great shot of the wheels.. glad there is a maintenance plan on these cable cars.
renecyberdoc
i know you where thinking about me because i mentiooned that i dont trust these lol.
carlx
Great and interesting capture, Sig!!!
farmerC
Shining.
mariogiannecchini
Interesting shot !
debbielove
Super close up! Well timed Sig! lol Rob
kbrog
Great POV and capture! :)
rachris480907
Terrific POV! Love it!
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.
sandra46
TERRIFIC
bobrgallegos
Stunning POV!!
Minda
This is scary when u look at it...feel like i dont want to Ride in cable..:)
auntietk
Okay, I was worried until I saw the ladder, which gave a bit of scale to the whole thing. Whenever I get myself in a situation where I'm nervous about transportation, I remind myself of two things: 1) This thing has been running safely for a long time and it's probably not going to break right this minute, and 2) There's nothing I can do about it anyway.
whaleman
That's a pretty highly-engineered piece of gear!
nefertiabet
Cool shot and great info, thanks!!!
flavia49
wonderful close-up!
jocko500
still make you wonder. make me for sure
danapommet
Super shot Sig as I assume that you are passing by the other cable car. Dana
Richardphotos
the only cable car I have taken that was very high was at Albuquerque.many years ago there was a cable car system built at Monterrey, Mexico going up to Cerro de la Silla but it failed on it's maiden run killing all the engineers that designed it. the last time I was in Parque de los Heroes the bottom support was still there
emmecielle
Very interesting image! Great capture! :)
flaviok
Fantástica captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
moochagoo
Excellent POV, very dramatic !
bebert
a roller for gigant :) very nice shot.