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 DJ Craig
         
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Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
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< on 1/18/2009 8:04 PM >
|  | | | I have recently started keeping a log of all the places that I explore. I started doing it because I felt that I wasn't giving myself enough credit for having been to as many locations, and on as many adventures as I have, and also just because I wanted to have some type of permanent record of my adventures. And also maybe because I had a little too much spare time between explorations. 
But this has proved to be entirely worth every minute that it took to make. It's almost like a portfolio that I can show to people who are curious about what I do, or what urban exploration is. It's also been interesting to see some of the trends that have appeared when I put this data together in such a way that it can be visualized. When the "UE accident statistics" thread came up, I had an exact number of locations that I've visited thanks to this log.
Heres my log:
http://www.DJTricities.com/locations.htm
I've fubared (censored) some stuff that would give away certain locations. This fubared version isn't the one I normally use; I just made it for this post.
I've become pretty neurotic and OCD about keeping this thing organized. "NZ" in the state column means New Zealand. The complete column tells whether I'm planning on doing more future trips to the location. In the pics column, a "P" means I, or someone is my group, went with an SLR and a tripod and done some artistic photography there. A "D" just means I have some pictures of some sort to document the adventure; ie. point-and-shoot, built-in flash photography. And the columns with the names show who has been there and who hasn't, among my main local UE friends. The name with the "XX" is the person who discovered the location (or at least did the social engineering that led us to find it).
So does anyone else do anything this weird and neurotic? I just wanted to see if other explorers do stuff like this. If not, I highly recommend it!
[last edit 1/18/2009 8:04 PM by DJ Craig - edited 1 times]
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess |
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trent
I'm Trent! Get Bent!
Location: Drainwhale hunting
Gender: Male
Not on UER anymore.
| | | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 1 on 1/18/2009 8:12 PM >
| | | | I don't really track it too much, but with my photos I always log date and camera used. I only keep a list of places that I need to do or recon. Before I started that list I was amazed at places I wanted to do, but would forget about.
He who rules the underground, rules the city above.
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DJ Craig
Moderator
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
| | | | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 2 on 1/18/2009 8:16 PM >
| | | | Posted by trent
I don't really track it too much, but with my photos I always log date and camera used. I only keep a list of places that I need to do or recon. Before I started that list I was amazed at places I wanted to do, but would forget about.
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I do actually have a separate to-do list as well. It's much shorter and simpler. But yes, I found the exact same thing with that.
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess |
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micro
Gender: Male
Slowly I turned
| | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 3 on 1/18/2009 8:18 PM >
| | | | There's nothing weird about it. I keep a similar file for public upskirts.
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estherella
Location: Richmond Hill, Canada
Gender: Female
mascara sure and lipstick lost
| | | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 4 on 1/18/2009 10:01 PM >
| | | | i haven't kept a log, but that's actually a really great idea, and i think i might start...
just sitting here, thinking of the places i've been to, i've done more exploring than i realized (partially because i don't have pictures of most of them, as they were from before i got my new camera *shakes fist at crappy kodak point-and-shoot and its inability to take pictures that are worth two shits at night).
"people with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest" - herman hesse |
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Wiccan
Location: Hamilton Ontario
Gender: Female
| | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 5 on 1/18/2009 11:04 PM >
| | | | I just maintain a shitty website for my stuff,complete with nerdy warnings and such. Mainly for my family and friends to see,and for me to have one place that has almost everywhere I've been to yet.
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Rinzler
Location: New Jersey
Nomad
| | | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 6 on 1/19/2009 2:57 AM >
| | | | I used to log all of the places i went to, but im going to so many places now that i either forget or just dont really care. And most of them are not well known so no reason to log it for other people that i know really know to go and destroy. If i want to tell somebody about it, i'll just bring them there.
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JC
Location: Augusta Georgia
Gender: Male
Keying up @ KJ4ZNR
| |  | | | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 7 on 1/19/2009 3:23 AM >
| | | | I gotta say that the North American Fubar Corp location is Awesome.
JC
Keying up at KJ4ZNR
<a href="http://www.r...e/southernshutter?> |
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DJ Craig
Moderator
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
| | | | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 8 on 1/19/2009 4:31 AM >
| | | | Posted by JC
I gotta say that the North American Fubar Corp location is Awesome.
JC
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My hometown is a major exporter of fubar. There are even some old fubar mining ghost towns!
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess |
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dsankt
Location: live and in the fresh
| | | | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 9 on 1/19/2009 3:31 PM >
| | | | I have a low-res searchable dump for most of my exploring photos going back to 2002. I find it useful for looking up when and where, ie where was I 2 years ago today?
I wouldn't find much use for a log like you've presented or the time to maintain it. Personally I find written, descriptive diary/narrative style accounts of events and explores more interesting.
[last edit 1/19/2009 3:32 PM by dsankt - edited 1 times]
sleepycity.net: watch out for the third rail baby, that shit is high voltage. urbex and urban exploration photography |
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IIVQ
Location: La Sud-Est du cité majeur du North-Holland (Bijlmer), .NL
Gender: Male
Back in Urbex!
| |  |  | | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 10 on 1/19/2009 5:11 PM >
| | | | A few months ago I started counting in my head how many locations I'd been to... I thought "maybe as much as 50"... Then I started searching trough photos, and writing it all in a spreadsheet like you. I came out to 152 location visits (which is about 130-140 distinct locations)!
Anyway, I'd recommend it for everyone having seen more than a couple of locations.
Tijmen
Posted by MapMan | 18/9/2005 19:25 | Hedy Lamarr made porn?
Posted by turbozutek | 20/9/2005 2:29 | Dude, educate us! |
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DJ Craig
Moderator
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
| | | | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 11 on 1/19/2009 7:10 PM >
| | | | Posted by IIVQ
A few months ago I started counting in my head how many locations I'd been to... I thought "maybe as much as 50"... Then I started searching trough photos, and writing it all in a spreadsheet like you. I came out to 152 location visits (which is about 130-140 distinct locations)!
Anyway, I'd recommend it for everyone having seen more than a couple of locations.
Tijmen
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Before I made this, my own estimate was about...15-25 locations, perhaps? Turns out I was at about 45. Just hit 70 trips to 50 locations last night!
[last edit 1/19/2009 7:13 PM by DJ Craig - edited 1 times]
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess |
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Jort
Location: Hong Kong
Gender: Male
Doing the same.
| | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 12 on 1/19/2009 7:17 PM >
| | | | I think keeping a log is a great idea. It would be great if there were a log on this site which you could add places you have been and places you want to go. This would encourage people to enter every site into the UE Database.
Maybe this feature already exists - I am a new member. I have recently moved, so discovering new places will be a project this summer.
...to Internet! |
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denryuu
Gender: Male
| | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 13 on 1/19/2009 8:21 PM >
| | | | Keeping a log is definitely a great idea. I've been keeping one since the new year, and it's so much fun to look back and see what you did before, or see what an experience was like the first time around, stuff like that.
I try to write it in the narrative style so it's more interesting to look back on than say, a list. The only problem is it takes some effort to write so I normally update it a few days after the exploration.
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dsankt
Location: live and in the fresh
| | | | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 14 on 1/19/2009 8:37 PM >
| | | | Posted by Jort
This would encourage people to enter every site into the UE Database.
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You will quickly discover that many members choose not to add their locations to the database. No amount of encouragement will change that. Also, welcome.
sleepycity.net: watch out for the third rail baby, that shit is high voltage. urbex and urban exploration photography |
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Roland
Location: Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
Proud Leader of Brandishing a Firearm on the High Seas UE
| | | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 15 on 1/19/2009 11:41 PM >
| | | | I have a freakishly good memory for dates that allows me to remember what, where and when I explored without needing to write it down for the past 4 or 5 years or so. People who know me can probably attest that they can throw out a "when did we go to this place?" and I can usually get the exact date.
Buildings have two natural enemies- water, and bears. |
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dirt
Location: Oakland, CA
Gender: Male
Je suis très aimable et très caustique.
| |  | | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 16 on 1/20/2009 12:22 AM >
| | | | 
UE it.
[last edit 1/20/2009 12:23 AM by dirt - edited 1 times]
He seemed to move among very delicate objects, on ground mined with goodness knows what precious explosives. ~ Jean Cocteau |
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IIVQ
Location: La Sud-Est du cité majeur du North-Holland (Bijlmer), .NL
Gender: Male
Back in Urbex!
| | | | | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 17 on 1/20/2009 3:45 PM >
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Looks like a bunny made a cartoon-style hole in it...
A very fat bunny.
What's the relation to this subject?
BTW In the 152 visits, I've counted my own house twice  That excludes the copper scrapping expedition I held in the same house.
Tijmen
Posted by MapMan | 18/9/2005 19:25 | Hedy Lamarr made porn?
Posted by turbozutek | 20/9/2005 2:29 | Dude, educate us! |
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denryuu
Gender: Male
| | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 18 on 1/21/2009 12:27 AM >
| | | | Posted by IIVQ
What's the relation to this subject?
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Exploration...log! Get it?
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trent
I'm Trent! Get Bent!
Location: Drainwhale hunting
Gender: Male
Not on UER anymore.
| | | Re: Exploration log
<Reply # 19 on 1/21/2009 12:57 PM >
| | | | Am I the only one when looking at the pic of the log sees the head of a cougar with pointy ears and it's tongue sticking out?
He who rules the underground, rules the city above.
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