The real ninja school started once we started working up higher. Wilson repeatedly perplexed me with his ninja solutions to favela construction problems, and I was fortunate enough to capture one of them. Here he balancing a lateral beam on propped piece of wood while standing on stool on top of a flimsy box.
Wilson giggles as I explain the ninja-ness of his feat. He was not aware that he was a ninja until I told him.
Young grasshopper begins training. Notice his cool, calm expression.
Ninja Graduation: Notice the metal roofing here. It is not attached, it is merely resting on the roof supports. On a Wilson-less day, my task was to mount the roof and nail in the roofing.
Ninja challenges:
1. Getting on this beast without pulling all the roofing down on top of you in one massive metalslide
2. you can only put your weight where the wood support is underneath… but from above you cant see where the wood is. dicey.
my ninja demonstration for Wilson to prove myself. I chose to perform the ‘balancing lotus, dragonwood extension’
i balanced a flimsy wooden box between my house and a concrete wall and then stood on top of it while installing a roof support extension
Full extension. Get a feeling for the potential drop as well. Ninja rank achieved – Dragon Sapling
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