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 mos6502
 
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Gender: Male
8 bits are enough.
 |  | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 40 on 6/10/2007 4:21 AM >
|  | | | Posted by satsu
Yes, that might have been my first post  but unfortunately our illustrious post dispatch printed the article (pasted below) and I thought it might serve to remind us of the importance of choosing locations wisely-and keeping a backup plan. |
I don't think the two shot men mentioned in the article were exploring.
[last edit 6/10/2007 4:22 AM by mos6502 - edited 1 times]
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satsu
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 41 on 6/10/2007 1:32 PM >
| | | | They were exploring ways in which they might rob the recycling facility blind You're right of coarse, this story is NOT about explorers at all, but I chose to post it anyway as it seemed to be an object lesson demonstrating how things could possibly go wrong-especially in E.STL. Hopefully we can all learn from each others problems and mistakes and try not to repeat them.
I wonder if there's any interest in an 'accidents' forum where people can report problems they have experienced (e.g. getting pinched, injured, falling through floors, collapsing buildings, fire-escapes, crack houses, agro squatters etc) and how they handled or mis-handled themselves/what they could have done to avoid the problem. These type of forums are very useful for divers who are interested in avoiding mistakes. Mehbe UER already has a forum like this that I have not yet found...?
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Sugar&Spice
 
Location: St. Louis, MO
Gender: Female
Team Asbestos
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 42 on 6/10/2007 8:38 PM >
| | | | Posted by satsu
...and (might) have had some fun times riding the elevator tops in old WU dorm towers, hanging outside on the UClub Tower Roof Courts, WU roofs, tower grove park water tower etc.
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Last time I was on the roof of UTower (probably five years ago), it wasn't particularly exciting as there were ten-foot walls all around the roof. Has that changed?
"... It's a well documented fact that girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. Who would risk getting mud on that?" |
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Pie4Weebl
Location: St. Louis/Chicagoland
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 43 on 6/11/2007 4:18 AM >
| | | | that article reaffirms my largest belief. When exploring somewhere, running into police/security is faar better than random people, because they can be far less rational.
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redox
Location: Arkham, Mass
Gender: Male
Oi! You! Don't be a TOSSER!
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 44 on 6/14/2007 6:34 AM >
| | | | So is there a BBQ in the works?
Here's a shot of the one we had last year at the coke plant.
[last edit 6/14/2007 6:38 AM by redox - edited 1 times]
"The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination." -H.P. Lovecraft
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zmuh11
Location: St. Louis
Gender: Male
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 45 on 6/14/2007 2:28 PM >
| | | | Pie4Weebl and some of our other STL friends have already had a BBQ at the Coke Plant. You can contact him about having another one, but he's leaving for Chicagoland in a few weeks if I'm right.
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memory_machine
   
Location: St. Louis, MO
Gender: Male
"I'm sure it's fine."
| | |  | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 46 on 6/15/2007 3:31 PM >
| | | | Well then we don't want to do the Coke Plant, again, huh? It's so "done." I think maybe the Soap factory (like you suggested, Kalashnikov) or maybe a shindig to salute the possible end of Armour.
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Pie4Weebl
Location: St. Louis/Chicagoland
Gender: Male
| | | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 47 on 6/15/2007 8:58 PM >
| | | | Posted by memory_machine
Well then we don't want to do the Coke Plant, again, huh? It's so "done." I think maybe the Soap factory (like you suggested, Kalashnikov) or maybe a shindig to salute the possible end of Armour.
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The roof of armour would be amazing, and I have yet to be to/hear about this soap factory...
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zmuh11
Location: St. Louis
Gender: Male
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 48 on 6/16/2007 12:56 AM >
| | | | Posted by Pie4Weebl
The roof of armour would be amazing, and I have yet to be to/hear about this soap factory...
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Read Memory Machines blog about the Soap Plant, but I think Armour would be a good place, as long as I'm in STL at the time, lol.
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mos6502
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Gender: Male
8 bits are enough.
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 49 on 6/18/2007 8:32 PM >
| | | | The last post where I said something to the effect of "those guys weren't explorers" wasn't myself, but my wife (Kitmao) accidentally responding logged in as me. Not that it matters much though. It's true, those guys were thieves and that changes things quite a bit... but still, I enjoyed the information. It's a reminder of how things do occasionally go terribly wrong. I've encountered a crack den in use while visiting a place I'm very familiar with, and been thankful that its inhabitants were too fucked up to muster any concern over my presence (mind you I didn't stick around either). Had they been armed and homicidal... who knows what would have happened?
Bad things can happen in day to day living too. For all the fears of being attacked by vagrants etc. while exploring, I got attacked by two guys out of the blue a week ago while strolling around my neighborhood. They didn't take anything (probably because I had nothing to take), but they fractured my skull and left me with a contusion to the brain. My upper lip had required stitches as well.
So, I'm off work recovering for now, slowly feeling better but my head is still busted and it occasionally leaves me in a lot of pain despite the medications I've been prescribed.
Be careful out there people, shit does indeed happen 
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Xero_Depth
Gender: Male
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 50 on 6/22/2007 1:17 AM >
| | | | And people wonder why i carry a flare gun with me.....
Well whenever there is one let me know
I live in ye olde' arnold.
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redox
Location: Arkham, Mass
Gender: Male
Oi! You! Don't be a TOSSER!
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 51 on 6/26/2007 7:04 AM >
| | | | Posted by mos6502
The last post where I said something to the effect of "those guys weren't explorers" wasn't myself, but my wife (Kitmao) accidentally responding logged in as me. Not that it matters much though. It's true, those guys were thieves and that changes things quite a bit... but still, I enjoyed the information. It's a reminder of how things do occasionally go terribly wrong. I've encountered a crack den in use while visiting a place I'm very familiar with, and been thankful that its inhabitants were too fucked up to muster any concern over my presence (mind you I didn't stick around either). Had they been armed and homicidal... who knows what would have happened?
Bad things can happen in day to day living too. For all the fears of being attacked by vagrants etc. while exploring, I got attacked by two guys out of the blue a week ago while strolling around my neighborhood. They didn't take anything (probably because I had nothing to take), but they fractured my skull and left me with a contusion to the brain. My upper lip had required stitches as well.
So, I'm off work recovering for now, slowly feeling better but my head is still busted and it occasionally leaves me in a lot of pain despite the medications I've been prescribed.
Be careful out there people, shit does indeed happen
Shit man where did that happen??
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"The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination." -H.P. Lovecraft
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satsu
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 52 on 6/26/2007 3:49 PM >
| | | | MOS:
Were you attacked on Juneteenth? (j/k please don't mob me I hope you and your brain are OK. Stories like this make me cringe.
Seriously tho, I am interested as to where you were walking when this happened, please give us more details. As much as people joke about STL being the #1 crime city in the US--I find that this is no joke. In the last couple years my house/garage/car has been broken into, robbed and/or vandalized at least 5 times and my neighbors have had the same experience-and that's in a nice, private, gated neighborhood with part-time security patrols right next to WashU.
On the other hand, I have never been seriously hurt or beaten such as what you just experienced. Dependant on your philosophy and criminal record you may want to consider carrying or even getting a conceal and carry license.
On a lighter note: I just heard about a quarry that has significant water in DuPont MO?....I'm wondering if there are any underwater urban explorers about Has anyone been in Uhrligs Cave(washington & jefferson), Cherokee Cave, or English Cave(under benton park)?? Has anyone ever developed any techniques for entering caves with blocked doorways/passageways/entrances? Seems to me if I was in a soundproof cave and there was a bricked in passage, I might consider removing the blockage...
Also I'd love to get together for a BBQ anytime! Sooner the better! I am jonesing to get into STL caves and underground ASAP. Let's try and organize a meeting within the next few weeks-I'd be happy to help in any way to make this BBQ happen!
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mos6502
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Gender: Male
8 bits are enough.
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 53 on 6/26/2007 8:30 PM >
| | | | I was attacked on June 11th, on Cherokee Street. I'm not giving the precise location out because certain people (although I'm not accusing anyone here) might like to use that information as a pretense to dole out vigilante justice there, which wouldn't be right. A concealed firearm probably would have been taken from me (and maybe even used against me) in these circumstances, so despite the fact I'd agree they're good for home defense it would have probably been bad to have one. I'm most of the way back to normal.
Anyway, enough of that... I'm PADI certified, but it's been a while since I've used it. I'm not sure if I'd be down for underwater UE without some easier practice beforehand but let me know what you're up to if anything, sounds interesting. And I think every explorer in St. Louis wants to get into a cave. Do a few searches and you'll find the threads on that subject. I haven't found any entrances yet, but then again I haven't looked too much, I'm having plenty of fun above ground for now
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qsp1
Location: Belleville, IL - just accross the Mississippi from St Louis
Gender: Male
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 54 on 7/7/2007 1:58 PM >
| | | | Im new to this forum. A group of friends and I have been exploring buildings and other sites since the mid 1980's.
I travel through ESL several times a month and see all kinds of buildings that are ripe for exploration - but don't like to explore alone.
Anyone in the area have an interest in ESL?
Thanks
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redox
Location: Arkham, Mass
Gender: Male
Oi! You! Don't be a TOSSER!
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 55 on 7/9/2007 2:53 AM >
| | | | Yeah another BBQ...Let's do it! I got BBQ stuff fo true. Memory_Machine...
"The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination." -H.P. Lovecraft
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redox
Location: Arkham, Mass
Gender: Male
Oi! You! Don't be a TOSSER!
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 56 on 7/11/2007 7:22 AM >
| | | | or not
"The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination." -H.P. Lovecraft
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mos6502
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Gender: Male
8 bits are enough.
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 57 on 7/13/2007 2:56 PM >
| | | | Posted by redox
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Hey man, I'm still here. I don't have a grill but I can bring the charcoal and the utensils... and some food of course. I visited the Armour Plant for the first time last week, it would make a good spot.
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zippyelf
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Gender: Female
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 58 on 7/13/2007 10:38 PM >
| | | | I second the soap plant. That place is badass and there is plenty of room to have a BBQ.
I went there for the first time this week and it's amazingly cool.
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zmuh11
Location: St. Louis
Gender: Male
| | Re: St. Louis UE'ers
<Reply # 59 on 7/14/2007 1:41 PM >
| | | | I vote for Armour, especially since its starting to see some signs of demolition.
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