Hi, this is jeff again. Just wanted to post some info and get in touch with everyone! So about UER! I've read just about every page on this thread. You guys rock! I admire all of you, I really do. So here's the rookie UERing that I've been up to. -Found the (short) tunnel under Bay Street Bridge, posted some pics here. -You know that epic Christ Cathedral by the graveyard? Was out with a friend, when we decided to go in. There were about 100 people inside at the time, listening to a latin choir. My french horn teacher once had to play from the tower for a concert, and told me that the towers were way cool. So I wanted in. Unfortunately, there's this weird electronic lock on the door. So I pressed a bunch of random buttons on it, and it started lighting up and going all weird. My friend and I left. But just as we were leaving, I noticed the priest was opening the door to check what the hell was going on. He went up the steps, leaving the door open behind him. We followed. Man, the steps up the tower are sweet! Hellla narrow, steep, real old. Unfortunately, the priest came back down and almost caught us. -stuck my nose in Johnson st bridge tunnel. I was alone, so I chickened. Not sure if safe. -found entrance to ross bay cemetary tunnel (that tanuki,jpete,and who else wnt in?). The long one that goes to Fernwood's former Harris Lake, right? I won't say where it is, 'cause i heard that people don't want openings made public. But if the opening was inside the cemetary, would I be right to assume that it's not the storm drain one that goes into the ocean and that jpeterman almost got soaked by a wave in? Anyways, I know a cool guy at school who's dad (who works in search and rescue) is insanely experienced, and so is he. so we're going to see how far we can go in the Ross Bay tunnel. We're going to be real careful, though, even if lots of random people supposedly go in. Just in case, we're bringing gas masks, meters, and all that. Anyone is welcome to join us!!!!!! We're probably going to go next Saturday. -begun UERing Victoria High School, where I go to school. I love the place, it's a great school, not just as in the people, but also the architecture. Ever look under the stairs? Lots of people have been in them. Just waiting for a day when they leave the door unlocked, as they often do....... Tons o' stuff I haven't been in, but will.........never been in tunnels yet..... BUT, FOUND THIS COOOOOOOL ROOM WITH SOME FRIENDS!Was with some friends(including the gent i just mentioned above), bumbling around. ________ room was unlocked, for a change. Now, I believe that there are 1 or 2 secret rooms already known to exist that are accessed by the ________ room, but I think this may possibly be a NEW DISCOVERY(or somewhere that people haven't bothered to post about). As we stepped in the wight room, lo and behold, there it was, a solid grey metal grate 2'by2', previously un-suspect, flung wide open. We crawled in. There was a big dark room with slideing doors pulled halfway down. Beyond these doors was a huge room, and the ceiling was.....nowhere! There was some kind of staircase or something to climb on that went way up...someone else went up. It was insane. The old elevator shaft!!! Next day(yesterday)we found the door was locked. How to get in? Found a hole in ceiling. One of us went in. Crawled above room, where another hole was cut, dropped down, unlocked door. This time we went in shaft again and took GOOD pics......one of my friends will post them here soon for you guys. By the way, i also went into the ceiling. Crazy up there! Huge! Pipes, cables, pipes (real old ones)everywhere! Then when I was up there, (very creepy) gym teacher came. Had to get down.....we SPLIT. UER folks, come to vic high while this special opportunity lasts!!!!!!!! If you think it would be okay for me to post which room you get into this stuff is, I'll post it. But I don't want to get anything sealed off. So, I've also heard that the UER victoria thread is slowing down a little...here's some of my lame rookie ideas of new places to go: -Cole island, near CFB esquimalt. 150 year old munitions houses on island........munitions still inside. I know a guy who's been there. -Turners/ian's coffee shop building...looks easy to get into... -abandoned house next to it -Christ cathedral tower -vic high limited time offer as long as reno's going on........ -other stuff at vic high EXTENSION: We should all do a field trip and do some UERing in Nanaimo. Old factories galore, mine shafts, probably enough tunnels to start up a whole new thread. Google earth map search of a town called Extension. It's south east of Nanaimo and is,well, out in the boonies, big time. Used to be the 2nd biggest town on the island, coal mining was it's name. Used to be huge...5 hotels 11 churches...a chinese, yugoslav, scottish, ukrainian, british camps(sounds there was lots of fucking racism back then...) all full of people toiling to finance the Dunsmuir family. So I went mountain biking there. Good biking. The town is small now 100 souls, perhaps, but one nice house with very friendly people in it...can't be missed because it has an impressive sculpture of some poor chinese laborer hauling coal on the front lawn. Meet the artist. He's a cool guy. Part of the display is a restored coal cart hauled from a mine shaft. REAL COOL. In town, there is a boarded up general store. Probably worth exploring. There's also a 200 foot high pile of coal in town. And mine shafts, people! I have a lousy map that points you where they are. Go out on the mtb trails........there's weird shroomed out stuff in the woods... cool rock formations with wizards under them....a bizarre rock maze for meditation, this big ass crack in the ground that you could easily fall into, caused by some earthquake coupla decades ago. Extension is cool. I've posted some photos. Pardon if they're a little disorganized. Anyways, that's my schpiel. My friends who are more experienced probably have some much cooler stuff to post......they'll soon post stuff that's better than what I put down here. I'd love to go exploring with you guys and girls. Unfortunately, im very,very busy. I'm trying very hard right now not to fail honours math in school. It would probably be bad if i did fail. But I am free THIS saturday/ sunday afternoon.....join me next saturday in ross bay.....I'm also free Tuesday nights if I get enough homework done. Also Wed+thurs from 3:15 to 4:40. Could maybe change schedule slightly. Or meet me at a metal show. Look for a guy named Jeff at a show 7;00 dec. 5 @camas bookshop...i'll also be at an iskra show dec. 20.....same time, same place(maybe at8:00). Pardon for writing such a long post, and for posting too many images..the guy in them is my dad by the way...your welcome to delete some of the pics if they take up too much room...it's just ihad trouble with getting them on here.... have a great day jeff
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