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 johnnycanuck
  
Location: Near Erie, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
That Bubble Blowing Bastard
 |  | Thoughts on Shipwrecks
< on 1/9/2014 4:50 AM >
|  | | | Shipwrecks. Old, rusty, cold, and abandoned. But, are they abandonments? As an advanced wreck diver and soon to be Navy diver, I'm biased to say yes, primarily on the grounds of wrecks being forgotten by time, off limits to the public, and a capsule of humanity. The human touch remains inside. For example...
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The captain's sink. Chipped paint all around, dust and growth, and the mirror long since lost.
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Cramped ensign's bunks. The silt is another, unique hazard that gets the adrenaline pumping.
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A rusty, crusty breaker board. Not unlike what I've seen in factories. Notice the still legible label.
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Damned if I know what it says.
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There's no way of properly capturing the scale of the industrial wonder here. Mostly because of the fucking silt.
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The wildlife outside is usually more friendly than our friends the raccoon and feral dog.
But, what do you think, forum? Is penetrative wreck diving UE?
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Abby Normal
  
Location: Las Vegas
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 1 on 1/9/2014 5:14 AM >
| | | | As a long time diver, I would certainly say it is. It is industrial decay, but in a different environment than most UE. I do a lot of mine exploring. Technically not UE, but there is a lot of industrial decay there too. My photos have received favorable response.
I say share the pictures! If anyone objects they can simply move on to the next thread.
Abby Normal
"Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem." Ronald Reagan |
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Radical_Ed
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gender: Male
"You work your life away and what do they give? You're only killing yourself to live!"
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 2 on 1/9/2014 10:42 AM >
| | | | I think exploring shipwrecks is a much better example of the hobby than climbing a crane on top of new construction. I don't know why there's so much emphasis on the word "urban" when a good deal of abandonment-hopping is done in rural regions.
"Are you happy now with all the choices you've made?" "Are there times in life when you know you should've stayed?"
"Will you compromise and then realize the price is too much to pay?" "Winners and losers... which one will you be today?"
***Social Distortion*** |
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sleeperspirit
Location: allentown
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 3 on 1/9/2014 12:06 PM >
| | | | Yeah, this is great.
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Astro
     
Usually naked
Location: The Delta Quadrant
Gender: Male
Resistance is Futile
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 5 on 1/9/2014 2:14 PM >
| | | | I would be incredibly surprised if anyone had a serious problem with you posting shipwreck explorations. I know of a few people on here that dive frequently and I am sure there are many I don't know of.
Despite the actual definition, around here "urban" exploring tends to mean exploring man made creations. Barns in the middle of nowhere aren't technically urban but not many people have taken to saying Rural Exploration.
Point being, post up your wrecks. A lot of us around here love boats anyways (myself included).
[02:33:56] <Valkyre> Astro your whole life is ruled by the sentence ' life is better without clothes on'
[22:16:00] <DSomms> it was normal until astro got here
Astro: Patron Saint of Drains |
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Wong Guy
Location: Dropped off by the mothership somewhere in Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 6 on 1/9/2014 3:15 PM >
| | | | Post them up. Those are great!! And certainly a view thats rare for Most explorers even on here.
" I am a leader, not a follower, unless it's a dark place, then fuck that shit you're going first.." ~quote stolen from FB |
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Turd Furgusen
 
Location: Charleston, WV
Gender: Male
I think marijuana is just nature's way of saying high!
| |  | | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 7 on 1/9/2014 7:19 PM >
| | | | I'm a looong time diver. Love shipwrecks.
Personally I just feel this falls into a whole other category. Not "urban exploration". Not that I don't care that it's not urban, a lot of UE comes from rural areas. I just think underwater is in a different category.
Everyone has a dark side, mines just a little more illuminated. |
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Barbara
Location: I'm currently lost, sorry
Gender: Female
Disinclined to acquiesce to your request
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 8 on 1/9/2014 7:56 PM >
| | | | I'd say yeah, it is definitely exploration. The ships are no longer in use, left to decay within their environment. And you most certainly have to be an explorer to reach them. They're just another category, like houses vs. factories, etc.
I've been fascinated with shipwrecks since the whole Titanic craze. Forget the movie, I couldn't get enough pictures of the wreck!
I like your pictures - post more!
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johnnycanuck
Location: Near Erie, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
That Bubble Blowing Bastard
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 9 on 1/10/2014 4:31 AM >
| | | | Thanks for all the insight, ladies and laddies. Unfortunately, there's a ladder of experience to ensure survival of these endeavors, and I'm still climbing. Penetration diving is a little different in the warm, clear waters of the Gulf than it is in the icy, murky Great Lakes. I, however, will have more original photos to share in March, after a quick trip down to where private guides can be...coerced...for an inside experience. In the meantime, have your fill of photos respectfully privateered from the interwebs.
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rlx
     
Location: Minneapolis
Gender: Male
forget regret.
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 10 on 1/10/2014 5:14 AM >
| | | | I would definitely be interested in seeing more shipwreck photos. Something that's always interested me but yet something i've never experienced myself
forget regret. |
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NotBatman
Location: MSP
Gender: Male
Secret Cult Member
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 11 on 1/10/2014 12:44 PM >
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Fucking bro-dudes and scrappers are even smashing stuff in wrecks now too! 
(And I'll go with the chorus of "exploring" is the more important part of what we're all interested than the specifics of what/where is being explored.)
I'm a "Leave only footprints, take only pornography" kind of guy, myself. |
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wings2fly
Location: anywhere I wanna be
Gender: Female
we're all a little loony
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 12 on 1/12/2014 2:12 AM >
| | | | these are awsome
...whither shall I wander, upstairs or downstairs or in my lady's chambers... |
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BrandonFireKing
Location: Maryville, TN
Gender: Male
No sir thats my anti-hobo tactical cutting device
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 13 on 1/12/2014 6:02 AM >
| | | | I love shipwrecks! but..um..I have a slight I guess you could call it a mild phobia of being in water past my knees...especially water I cant see in without a light
Apparently that DID just happen. And I AM proud of it |
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Dukarc
Location: Minneapolis
Gender: Male
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 14 on 1/12/2014 3:23 PM >
| | | | ^^ Agreed. Awesome pictures and you should definitely keep it up. However I have a difficult time with underwater stuff myself. I am gonna stay with my industrials and caves
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Hootie
Location: VA
Gender: Female
One playground after another...
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 15 on 1/12/2014 3:40 PM >
| | | | Posted by relux
I would definitely be interested in seeing more shipwreck photos. Something that's always interested me but yet something i've never experienced myself
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This is my response as well.
I never completed my SCUBA instruction, so at this point in my life, I don't mind living the explore vicariously!
Like most of us, I would love to see more!
http://www.flickr....ral-urban-natural/
I don't play well with chiggers and snakes. |
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Ricky_from_TV
Location: Peterborough, Ontario
Gender: Male
I'm going to try and refuckulate it
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 16 on 1/12/2014 4:22 PM >
| | | | Awesome! Would love to see any photos you take during your explorations of any kind!
When Caught Always, Always Use the Jim trick. |
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BrandonFireKing
Location: Maryville, TN
Gender: Male
No sir thats my anti-hobo tactical cutting device
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 17 on 1/13/2014 5:19 AM >
| | | | forgot to add that just seeing these pictures is giving me the hebbe jeebies, but I cant look away. Is there any sites dedicated to more? (or a thread)
Apparently that DID just happen. And I AM proud of it |
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Inanna
Location: Vancouver, BC
Gender: Female
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 18 on 1/13/2014 5:58 AM >
| | | | Shipwreck photos are super rad. Not to mention any form of exploration like that that involves specialized equipment to get to is neat to see. Shipwrecks are definitely considered abandonment's, and I would consider it a form of UE.
I'd love to see more photos of shipwrecks!
"And as we're crossing border after border, we realize that difference is none." |
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Tenebrae
Location: The Wild West
Life's short; eat dessert first.
| | Re: Thoughts on Shipwrecks
<Reply # 19 on 1/14/2014 11:37 PM >
| | | | Yes, shipwrecks are abandonments! MOAR, please!
Bonus points for use of the word "penetrative" 
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