A Separate Place

First Ascent

Jesse climbing aboard for the first time


lighting a fire


smoke


view toward the bridge




view through the closed door


Kassia comfortable inside

A Net in the Trees

net in the workshop awaiting the steel ring


assembling the ring


Daniel, Kassia, and Margaret tightening the net


early morning stretching


tight net spliced to the ring


Jan and Margaret preparing steel rope


fixing cables to the trees


transporting the ring to site




hardware prepared for connection to ring












Jesse & Charlie considering the results

April Snow at Hooke

(pre-hanging)

Counterweight

Margaret's sketch of weight inside chimney to offset opening lid


counterweight coming out from its formwork


counterweight to be fit inside chimney - 22kg


pulley for counterweight cable


pulley fixed to pipe


template for top front steel plate

steel brackets to locate chimney within lid:






holes drilled for steel plates




bearings in place around chimney


timber & steel lid to chimney connection


Jesse & Charlie fixing weight below to be fit into chimney


cable through pulley at top


cable through internal connection to lid