I have a roommate who is very involved in rock climbing, he is always trying to get me to join him... which is always funny, because I am entirely unlikely to take him up. When we got into a an interesting discussion about the design of climbing walls. He was trying to show me pictures of Mission Cliffs, and we stumbled on this. It really struck me, climbing in the smallest space possible as opposed to the highest. Our talk about wall design lead me into "interview mode." Using unexpected silence to draw more out of the other person, and embracing my ignorance on the topic. My roommate shared a lot about his relationship to athletics and his body. He sees it as a test of "body intelligence." He explained what motivates a climber... their interest in the problems and physics of climbing as opposed to the accomplishments of height. Something I think the photograph really illustrates.
I look at the photograph as a perspective to see furniture design and exercise equipment design... perhaps a more controlled melding of the two.
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