air traffic control

air traffic control, originally uploaded by Rhesus1.

 

orongorongos

orongorongos, originally uploaded by Rhesus1.

 

Romero H Bug, Kilbirnie, Wellington

Bug, Kilbirnie, Wellington, originally uploaded by Rhesus1.

 

Herbert Nelson

Wrote this recently for the dompost. Doesn’t really capture the fact that Herbert’s quite the funny guy. I’ve since been to his gym and had to juggle medicine balls, and other Russian tortures.

Herbert Nelson runs the Olympic Hopes boxing gym in Moera, Lower Hutt,  which he built from scratch. Most days, despite a full-time job as a lab technician at Geological and Nuclear Research, he’s training his fighters or training himself. He’s had a measurable impact on the lives of many of his charges, more than a few of whom are looking to rebuild themselves after troubled starts.

He’s a gregarious, passionate advocate of boxing as a sport and as a way of life based on courage, tenacity, humility and service.  Twenty five years ago, when his name was not Herbert Nelson, he was also a submariner and decorated captain second rank in the Soviet navy.

He had been responsible for the navigation of a 73-ship formation based in Russia’s far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, and had served in Cold War operations in Africa, Asia and elsewhere.  He prefers not to give his Russian name.