Post: The Crane Style
Date: 2007-11-20.
Tags: alias, cranes, london, loops, ninjas, otter, uk
Or look up. Yes you, look up! No vaguely looking towards the buildings in the distance. How can you see details there you aren't superman. Crane that neck back and gawk like a tourist. Throw your head back like a cheesy pornstar. Come on, you're in a porn movie make it dramatic! That's the hard part over, now you're at least gazing in the right direction. What are you looking for though? Good question!
We're not going through this exercise so you can simply gawk like a tourist. This is about access, access to the jungle gym in the sky. There's some graffiti there so you can get up to it somehow. The writers did. That drain pipe looks pretty sturdy and that's a very wide window ledge to the left of it. Perhaps those rusty old firestairs lead somewhere. If you could just reach the ladder from the alleyway. Grab a dumpster, drag it over. Maybe now you can, the process is half the fun.
Entry to the rooftop playground is free, if you look up enough to even know it's there.
Every city is the same, eyes to the ground watch the pavement. Rush to work, rush home, rush rush rush. Avoid eye contact, eyes to the ground. Avoid the homeless man to, don't look at him, just look down he could be dangerous. Become one with the tessellating pavement grasshopper.
Or look up. Yes you, look up! No vaguely looking towards the buildings in the distance. How can you see details there you aren't superman. Crane that neck back and gawk like a tourist. Throw your head back like a cheesy pornstar. Come on, you're in a porn movie make it dramatic! That's the hard part over, now you're at least gazing in the right direction. What are you looking for though? Good question!
We're not going through this exercise so you can simply gawk like a tourist. This is about access, access to the jungle gym in the sky. There's some graffiti there so you can get up to it somehow. The writers did. That drain pipe looks pretty sturdy and that's a very wide window ledge to the left of it. Perhaps those rusty old firestairs lead somewhere. If you could just reach the ladder from the alleyway. Grab a dumpster, drag it over. Maybe now you can, the process is half the fun.
Entry to the rooftop playground is free, if you look up enough to even know it's there.
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8 Comment(s)
go up craaanes XD
Excellent! After climbing a monster crane in the north last year, my exploring buddy Frank did a quick piece for the camcorder. It pretty much approximated your first paragraph there. It's so true. Nobody looks up, and they're always in such a damn hurry to get to the bus stop, even when it's sunny!
You got a link to the video at all? I just woke up, peeled back the curtain and saw sunshine for the first time in 4 days. London takes some acclimatising. If the weather holds it'll be a drainy weekend.
I've always wanted to get onto some rooftops in Brisneyland but never knew how. obviously ive never thrown my head back like cheesy pornstar
very nice shoot, but it could be great to have high res pictures :)
No link I'm afraid... never even downloaded the video off the tape. I'll try and dig it out sometime.
I have neck pains from walking all through the Brisbane city looking up at rooftops since finding this blog. I'm still in awe as to how you got up to [building] for that shot of the HITACHI building. I truley believe your a ninja of the highest status.
Magic carpet.