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 Explorer Zero
     
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<Reply # 20 on 12/15/2009 12:45 PM >
|  | | | yeah you really got torched didnt you 
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KingJalopy
Location: Tulsa, OK
Gender: Male
I love manholes
| |  | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 21 on 12/17/2009 7:25 AM >
| | | | Posted by 2Xplorations
yeah you really got torched didnt you
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guess not! at any rate, im still looking for a sweet tunnel in dallas somewhere... got a manhole in a creek that looks promising....
Drains, drains, drains, drains, drains. |
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Marost
Location: St Louis
Gender: Male
| | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 22 on 12/18/2009 5:44 PM >
| | | | Posted by KingJalopy
guess not! at any rate, im still looking for a sweet tunnel in dallas somewhere... got a manhole in a creek that looks promising....
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Um.... those are usually sanitary sewers...and not the cool, huger brick ones you'd see in London....
There's some pretty cool stuff out there, just go muck around the down town area, or along the Trinity river.
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KingJalopy
Location: Tulsa, OK
Gender: Male
I love manholes
| | | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 23 on 12/18/2009 7:59 PM >
| | | | Posted by Marost
Um.... those are usually sanitary sewers...and not the cool, huger brick ones you'd see in London....
There's some pretty cool stuff out there, just go muck around the down town area, or along the Trinity river.
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Thanks, I'm glad I didn't find that out the hard way. I've found a tunnel that goes into downtown, I will post pics when I tackle it...
Thanks for the help.
Drains, drains, drains, drains, drains. |
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strangelv
Location: Grand Prairie, TX
Gender: Male
| | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 24 on 1/20/2010 1:52 AM >
| | | | So do these turn into a dead end or should I try to explore these?
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puravida9539
Location: Dallas Area
Gender: Male
Just give me a flashlight
| | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 25 on 1/20/2010 2:33 AM >
| | | | You won't know until you try. Do it, take some pictures, and have fun.
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 26 on 1/20/2010 2:39 AM >
| | | | I'm with puravida9539 .
They gotta go somewhere and there's only a couple ways to find out.
Getting your boots wet is the most fun way.
I'm a blatant waste of time and resources. |
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Explorer Zero
| | | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 27 on 1/20/2010 3:21 AM >
| | | | we used to call that exploring but Im not sure anymore
maybe its just not for everyone
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strangelv
Location: Grand Prairie, TX
Gender: Male
| | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 28 on 1/20/2010 4:38 AM >
| | | | I would of explored it today if there weren't about 40 people in the area. Ok, mostly kids, but they already took notice to me hopping the fence. Guess I'll find out soon!
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 29 on 1/20/2010 6:45 PM >
| | | | Posted by strangelv
I would of explored it today if there weren't about 40 people in the area. Ok, mostly kids, but they already took notice to me hopping the fence. Guess I'll find out soon!
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If you walk into a drain, so what? It's legal and public property and who's gonna do what about it? Are they going to follow you without flashlights? Not far. Are they going to call the cops? Doubtful, and if they did, do you think it would be any sort of priority and they would go in after you or wait outside to catch you leaving and ask what you were doing? HIGHLY doubtful. Go have fun!
I'm a blatant waste of time and resources. |
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musket boy
Location: Maui
Gender: Male
It smells like your grandpa and your feet stick to the floor
| |  | | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 30 on 1/20/2010 8:45 PM >
| | | | don't worry about it
one time i swam out of an outfall in front of a half dozen fishermen and their families
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 31 on 1/21/2010 12:29 AM >
| | | | Posted by musket boy
don't worry about it
one time i swam out of an outfall in front of a half dozen fishermen and their families
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Alex ant I canoed out of an outflow in Turtle Creek near Oak Lawn and there was a woman on a park bench watching us. I looked all around and said "Hey!?! This isn't Albuquerque."
I'm a blatant waste of time and resources. |
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Noah Vale
 
Location: Portland, Or
It's nobler to never get paid, than to bank on shit and dismay
| | | | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 32 on 1/21/2010 12:55 AM >
| | | | Posted by Barry Kooda
Alex ant I canoed out of an outflow in Turtle Creek near Oak Lawn and there was a woman on a park bench watching us. I looked all around and said "Hey!?! This isn't Albuquerque."
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Haha! When we came out of that one once someone made wooooooot woooooot train noises and the other would make chugga chugga chugga (that's a train noise too) for the old men sitting on the benches. Melancholy and I scared the bejesus out of this one guy and his kids as there were bbqing on the banks of the Trinity, we came out and had been yelling and making a shitton of noise, thinking no one would be at the outfall...I mean, who the fuck hangs out in the Trinity river bottoms besides us and hobos? They were cool though, talked with 'em for a while; just really curious as to what we were doing in there with bikes strapped to our second raft which was towed behind us.
"Dallas is a magnificent and wide open city, and I'm deeply envious of any urban explorers who have the good fortune to live there." -Ninj. |
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RevSM
Location: South Central Texas
| | | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 33 on 1/21/2010 3:27 PM >
| | | | Ha-ha! I remember that it was Clay that started making the Choo-choo noises and then we joined in. That old dude on the park bench tried as hard as he could to react as little as possible. Funny as hell!
Tetanus for Breakfast!
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Weaseldog
| | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 34 on 2/2/2010 6:04 PM >
| | | | Kidd Springs Tunnel looks cool.
Time to get some nice rubber boots...
So it's reasonably dog safe then? No piles of broken beer bottles lying about everywhere?
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 35 on 2/2/2010 9:05 PM >
| | | | Posted by Weaseldog
Kidd Springs Tunnel looks cool.
Time to get some nice rubber boots...
So it's reasonably dog safe then? No piles of broken beer bottles lying about everywhere?
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Just remember that it's a creek that's been covered for much of the way. Lots of big rocks, knee deep pools and stinky black mud. My dogs love it.
I'm a blatant waste of time and resources. |
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RobertB
Location: Skeeterville, TX
Gender: Male
Maybe I shouldn't be using my real name...
| | | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 36 on 2/3/2010 3:45 AM >
| | | | Posted by Weaseldog
Kidd Springs Tunnel looks cool.
Time to get some nice rubber boots...
So it's reasonably dog safe then? No piles of broken beer bottles lying about everywhere?
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Last time (ok, only time) I was in Kidd Springs, I wore water shoes (with socks, because otherwise they rub blisters). It was after a meetup, so we brought along some explorers who hadn't tried drains before. They went the boot route -- took a trip to Walmart and got a nice set of waterproof footwear.
One hidden pothole later and they were wet from the knees down, just like me... except they were lugging bootfuls of water. Oops!
From what I've read, boots and even chest-high waders might be essential in older Northeastern cities, where the sanitary sewer and the storm sewer aren't separated. (I keep hearing the term "sewerfresh", and I'm a little scared.) Here, though, it just seems like more trouble than it's worth. But I'm not the most seasoned drainer by any stretch, so I'm open to other views.
J'ai toujours fait une prière à Dieu, qui est fort courte.
La voici: "Mon Dieu, rendez nos ennemis bien ridicules!"
Dieu m'a exaucé. |
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puravida9539
Location: Dallas Area
Gender: Male
Just give me a flashlight
| | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 37 on 2/3/2010 8:38 AM >
| | | | Posted by RobertB
Last time (ok, only time) I was in Kidd Springs, I wore water shoes (with socks, because otherwise they rub blisters). It was after a meetup, so we brought along some explorers who hadn't tried drains before. They went the boot route -- took a trip to Walmart and got a nice set of waterproof footwear.
One hidden pothole later and they were wet from the knees down, just like me... except they were lugging bootfuls of water. Oops!
From what I've read, boots and even chest-high waders might be essential in older Northeastern cities, where the sanitary sewer and the storm sewer aren't separated. (I keep hearing the term "sewerfresh", and I'm a little scared.) Here, though, it just seems like more trouble than it's worth. But I'm not the most seasoned drainer by any stretch, so I'm open to other views.
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I know guys that use boots and waders, and it usually seems like a hassle. Either they get tired more quickly from the waders, or they get boots full of water. I personally prefer a good pair of shoes made for that type of environment. Even in the colder months it is my preference
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musket boy
Location: Maui
Gender: Male
It smells like your grandpa and your feet stick to the floor
| | | | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 38 on 2/3/2010 5:29 PM >
| | | | Posted by RobertB
Last time (ok, only time) I was in Kidd Springs, I wore water shoes (with socks, because otherwise they rub blisters). It was after a meetup, so we brought along some explorers who hadn't tried drains before. They went the boot route -- took a trip to Walmart and got a nice set of waterproof footwear.
One hidden pothole later and they were wet from the knees down, just like me... except they were lugging bootfuls of water. Oops!
From what I've read, boots and even chest-high waders might be essential in older Northeastern cities, where the sanitary sewer and the storm sewer aren't separated. (I keep hearing the term "sewerfresh", and I'm a little scared.) Here, though, it just seems like more trouble than it's worth. But I'm not the most seasoned drainer by any stretch, so I'm open to other views.
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some people in here go barefoot in sanitary sewers
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: Dallas Drains
<Reply # 39 on 2/3/2010 10:21 PM >
| | | | Posted by musket boy
some people in here go barefoot in sanitary sewers
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That's crazy!
I wear sandals.
I'm a blatant waste of time and resources. |
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