What concerned us most was, that the whole party was going to take place some 8 meters up in the air.
From our 3D scanning sessions, we knew: You don't simply walk through Hanover carrying a long ladder. Ok, it wasn't a ladder then, but the 3 meter kinect scanning rig. And even retracted that looked damn strange. And who would believe, that you weren't out to spy in 1st and 2nd floor windows. The reach of a 8m ladder would be even harder to explain. Ok, that sounds like we were a bunch of pussies, but careful planning brings up a lot of things.
By the way. A 3m ladder might have worked, if we'd placed it directly on the base beneath the statue. But securing it would have been a nightmare. Safety first.
So it all comes down to logistics. By the way, a three section telescopic ladder with 10m reach is easy to get in Hannover, if you've found the right rental service. Getting it where you'll be using it is somewhat harder, because at 4m dry, no car can handle it. Even a roof rack wouldn't have helped much. We went for a Mercedes Sprinter, long wheelbase. Yes, that's right. We rented a transporter to rent a ladder. This might be the weakest part in our endeavor to stay unknown. Some pain detective work could definitely turn up our identity. And yes, parking a big-ass white transporter, at the main parking lot at the university, at night, feels a lot like Captain Obvious.
Good for us that there were so many drunk people around that night, we felt way safer.
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