Posted by Piecat
Do people usually bring harnesses/safety gear?
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No. Just gloves, first aid, and a respirator in my trunk - okay, and like 5 flashlights. And pepper spray. That said, I'm usually not climbing and repelling of of the sides of buildings, I'm usually inside of an old rickety structure wandering around on ground - however unstable that ground may or may not be. I like rooftops and recently climbed a crane for the first time in a large downtown construction site (good times!), but did not have any safety gear. I am not a huge risk-taker, honestly. The cranes have cages and metal flooring every two or so levels to prevent tragedies like this thread is about. I've climbed plenty of ladders, mostly in industrial locations, but none of this crazy shit I always hear about - hanging off of shit with one arm, sorry, but fuck that. You would think this type of thing would go without saying, and yet I'm compelled to mention it; I
never ever drink (or do whatever if whatever is your thing) if I'm climbing anything, especially these high-rise mills and construction sites. I have consumed alcohol on one explore I can recall, but I'd been there a dozen times, knew the layout extremely well, and I was on the ground floor.
This is by no means directed at the individual that lost his life and this thread is referring to, but people have such a seemingly limitless capacity for stupid behavior, that it continues to astound me. Just yesterday, I was reading a news article on some idiot inside of a grain silo... throwing torches.
Fire torches. Someone called in a fire in the silo and firefighters discovered this idiot. I am still trying to understand that one. Wow.
Anyways, sorry for my digression and soap box moment. As far as this thread, it always breaks my heart a little to hear these stories. I wish his loved ones the very best and echo what everyone else has said (the positive ones, anyway).
*edited to add the pepper spray - an important part of any of my explores because for every idiot, there's also a violent criminal or teenage wannabe gang banger out there that just wants my stuff or to take advantage of my smaller female stature (and offensive weapons and explores is another big personal no-no). Gotta love it.*