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budda
Location: Cincinnati Gender: Male Total Likes: 181 likes
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| | | | Re: Exploring Alone < Reply # 24 on 7/14/2013 6:27 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | It depends. Abandonments? Never. I'm always very careful while exploring, but still I've fallen out of the second story of a partially demo'd building onto a pile of bricks (felt great,) took a rusty nail to the foot, fell mostly through a floor, and watched a seemingly trustworthy catwalk I've traversed at least 10 times collapse with no warning under a fellow explorer. I've witnessed drug deals, ran into lots of drug paraphernalia, meth lab evidence, potentially vicious dogs, and many many scrappers. Basically there's always a level of unpredictability in an abandoned building, even places you've been before several times. Been lucky so far and avoided injury, but one day I won't be. I'd like someone there when it happens. Also, I carry way too much money worth the camera gear to risk running into a crackhead by myself. I tried it alone a couple times when I was younger and dumber, and the paranoia just took the fun out of it. It's definitely more fun with friends. Active Rooftops/construction sites/infrastructure? Sure. There's not really the risk of running into sketchy people or unpredictable structural failure, (although I did give myself a concussion once on a bridge catwalk running into a beam) and it's also just easier to remain undetected.
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| sara'mer
Location: WNC Total Likes: 223 likes
| | | Re: Exploring Alone < Reply # 26 on 7/14/2013 11:32 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I like exploring with other people, but most of my explores are solo. Obviously there are drawbacks to both but it's harder for me to coordinate schedules with other people than it is to just jump and go. Also, I travel with my partner a fair amount, and she's not into exploring, so I go solo when I find stuff on the road. Last trip I found a huge mill, and we extended the trip by a day so I could see it Edit: As far as precautions and coping go, I sometimes let people know where I’m at, sometimes I don't. I always have my phone though. When I’m alone, I’m definitely more cautious and more in tune with my surroundings. In fact, that higher level of engagement is one of the things I like about solo exploring. Of course, most of my explores are in relatively safe areas – smaller southern towns and rural areas.
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| corvettejoe
Location: Central FL Gender: Male Total Likes: 19 likes
| | | | Re: Exploring Alone < Reply # 31 on 7/17/2013 4:05 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I've always gone with a friend... With my non photog friends, they hang out, carry camera gear, aim lights, hold stuff, etc while they get to look around, They also act as the watchman for anyone coming while I'm focusing on photographing. For my photog friends, we carefully pick what gear we're taking, some we can share (tripod, lights, etc) and what we need to take separately. We always test where we're stepping first and make sure its ok before the other one follows. Also that other person is there as your buddy (same as with our diving) to give you a hand if something goes wrong. Worst case, they can call for help if something seriously goes wrong. The exploring I've done solo though.. my one friend usually walks up with me, pokes their head inside to see what I'm getting into, then hangs out outside, or waits in the car and reads and watches for anyone coming. What a great friend LOL.
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Location: North of Chicago, IL Gender: Male Total Likes: 279 likes
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| | | | Re: Exploring Alone < Reply # 38 on 7/29/2013 8:34 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Like Abby Normal said, I spend a lot of time scouting for and preliminary scouting mines when I'm solo. My Rules: 1. I DON'T climb mine ladders, either up or down. 2. I DON'T climb up other things, or down other things, if there's a good chance I could fall and injure myself badly. 3. I don't climb through semi-collapsed or unstable areas. 4. If I come to a multi-way intersection, I try to use rocks/tape/something to mark which direction I'm going. 5. I (almost) always tell at least one person where I'm going. What area, or specific coords if I can, and a time I have to check back in with them by, before they either come searching for me or call in a team to come search for me (depending on the location). I try to only pick people who WILL initiate a search if I don't check in on time, instead of the one's who just go "eh, he prolly just forgot" and would blow it off. If my contact person isn't a regular mine explorer, or well connected, I give THEM a name/number to call if a search & rescue needs to be thrown together.
We have a pretty awesome inside-group of mine explorers spread across several states who will drop EVERYTHING at any time of the day or night, to go try to assist a mine explorer in trouble, even in another state. Having that kind of assistance at your back both helps your explorations to be a bit more bold both solo and in group settings, and it really gives you some mental comfort, knowing that if all hell breaks lose, there's a whole team of people who're going to come together to assist your safe exit from the mine; instead of dying alone and in pain in the dark. _______________________________________________________________________________ One of my Stories: Some of this I learned through trial and error. We were in a mine in one spot, and they sent me ahead through a certain section to do some "forward scouting" in that area. I was supposed to check back in in like 5 or 10 mins. I saw a ...not so much a ladder, but that's what it was meant to be used as, and climbed up it into what we call a stoped out area. Saw it wrapped around to another section that I couldn't really get over to, so tried to go back down the "ladder". It was extremely unstable and it slid off my foot and fell over, leaving me 26ft above the drift floor, sitting up on a slope, by myself. Once I realize I was up-a-creek, I actually made a video of myself talking on my P&S camera, and stated exactly what I did wrong. I don't know why I did that, but I never forgot it. (I'll see if I can find it). Then I pulled my pack off, snapped a glow stick into life, and tossed it down into the drift below me, so that someone who looked down it, or came down it from the direction I came, would see it glowing. Took out an energy bar and ate it, drank some water, and then turned off my headlamp to conserve battery power and laid down to wait.... 20 or 30 mins later, I heard someone heading in my direction who saw my glowstick and started shouting for them. They came and set the "ladder" back up and steadied it, and I was able to climb down safely. This is similar to what would happen in a solo situation, except that I would have to wait several hours longer, depending on what my emergency activation time was.
It's always nice to know that someone has your back, when you need it.
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| | | | Re: Exploring Alone < Reply # 39 on 7/29/2013 10:05 AM > | Reply with Quote
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