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 AnAppleSnail
   
Location: Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
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<Reply # 60 on 7/16/2010 9:41 AM >
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Aw, no glorious boat armor? Glad most of y'all made it over the hump though.
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evan-e-cent
Gender: Male
| | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 61 on 7/17/2010 2:05 AM >
| | | | That is one scary place. As we drove in we saw a big gang of workmen at the dam just down the road and we were all concerned that they might decide to open the valves for some reason. Then a siren sounded as we approached the entrance. While we were inside we twice heard a tremendous deep roaring noise and couldn't help wondering whether they were about to open the valves. If so we would be flushed down the toilet with great thrust. However, the top of the glory hole is shaped just like a phonograph trumpet, or the kind of hearing trumpet deaf people used to use before they had hearing aids. The noise of a motor boat or plane gets amplified and echos down the pipes to make load noises. DJ Craig said just ignore it.
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evan-e-cent
Gender: Male
| | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 62 on 7/17/2010 2:15 AM >
| | | | Posted by AnAppleSnail
Parkour is physics.
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No, those Parkour guys wear gravity wave reflection underwear. The gravity waves bouncing off this material create a vertical thrust pushing the wearer up over any high object. No problem. Costs a fortune. Developed at Government Office and Utility Research (OUR) Park in Palo Alto, CA. Hence the name Parkour.
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\/adder
 
Location: DunkarooLand
Gender: Male
I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.
| | | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 63 on 7/17/2010 2:32 AM >
| | | | Posted by evan-e-cent
No, those Parkour guys wear gravity wave reflection underwear. The gravity waves bouncing off this material create a vertical thrust pushing the wearer up over any high object. No problem. Costs a fortune. Developed at Government Office and Utility Research (OUR) Park in Palo Alto, CA. Hence the name Parkour.
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still wrong
its teh majik climbin shoos
"No risk, no reward, no fun."
"Go all the way or walk away"
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bouncewiggle
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Female
| | | | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 64 on 7/17/2010 2:33 AM >
| | | | Posted by DJ Craig
The tunnel it's in is just a spillway. It's not a hydro-electric dam, it's an earthen dam and the tunnel is just there to flood if the water level got too high in the lake and came into the bell-mouthed spillway. The flooding wouldn't be human-controlled and it wouldn't be sudden. These valves are on a side-pipe, and they're HUGE.
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You, sir, are incorrect.
"Watauga Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control dam on the Watauga River in Carter County."
"Watauga's powerhouse is located nearly a mile downstream from the dam, and is connected to the reservoir intake by a 3,700-foot (1,100 m) tunnel. Just above the powerhouse, the tunnel splits into two steel conduits that carry the water to a valve house just above the turbines."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watauga_Dam
Google Earth coordinates for the powerhouse: lat=36.3299108156, lon=-82.1263651609
EDIT:
Also, according to TVA's website, the only warning system installed for Watauga Dam are signs. There won't be any horns or strobe lights go off to warn of a release of water. I'm assuming that the building you see to your left when you enter the Glory Holy is the powerhouse for that dam. Wilbur Dam, which is on a different side of the lake, is an entirely separate hydroelectric dam and is not the powerhouse referred to by the Wikipedia article.
[last edit 7/17/2010 2:53 AM by bouncewiggle - edited 2 times]
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evan-e-cent
Gender: Male
| | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 65 on 7/17/2010 3:21 AM >
| | | | Good work BounceWiggle! Thanks
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wopke
Gender: Male
| | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 66 on 7/17/2010 2:53 PM >
| | | | Put a good stuffed backpack underneath the rope on top of the hump, and go up with your back against the wall.
I tried being reasonable, I didnt like it. - Clint Eastwood |
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aurelie
Location: pacific northwest
Gender: Female
high tech:: low life.
| | | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 67 on 7/17/2010 3:51 PM >
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reckless thoughts abide; anachronistic and impulsive.
loosely jacketed against the cold and ten thousand worlds for the choosing. |
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jeepdave
 
Location: Anderson, SC
Gender: Male
It's also a gun.
| | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 68 on 7/18/2010 2:00 AM >
| | | | This may not be doable, but I deal with folks all the time with similar situations.
If you have a GOOD cordless drill and extra batteries get a couple decent masonry bits and some concrete anchors plus epoxy. You can simply drill the anchor holes ( shouldn't be too difficult really ) and set the foot hold anchors with epoxy. This should be a pretty permanent solution that won't even really be noticed by workers there. I think the materials ( if you have the GOOD drill and extra batteries or can borrow it ) shouldn't cost more than $50 or so but I can check at work. Worst case, if someone is in my area I could get it for cost from where I work ( or maybe free ). Just let me know if you like this idea. You could put them going up and down. The worst part is someone installing all this, it will be time consuming and I would let them set a day before using them. But then it will be there every time you return and make it a breeze to go up and over it.
I guess it depends on how often you plan on returning to this particular area honestly. Lemme know.
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Dick Winter
Location: Richmond
Gender: Male
| | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 69 on 7/18/2010 1:43 PM >
| | | | wouldn't you need a hammer drill?
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jeepdave
Location: Anderson, SC
Gender: Male
It's also a gun.
| | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 70 on 7/18/2010 2:02 PM >
| | | | Posted by Dick Winter
wouldn't you need a hammer drill?
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They come in cordless. Most drills have that option. But short answer yup lol.
Ezekiel 25:17 |
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DJ Craig
  
Moderator
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
| | | | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 71 on 7/19/2010 11:22 PM >
| | | | Photos from past the hump:
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Looking up the 300 ft tunnel:
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Looking down the tunnel from the top:
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"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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Durdan
Location: Ybor City, FL
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 72 on 7/21/2010 2:00 AM >
| | | | i think this is a great thread! my idea, and i dont know if it was discussed or (didnt see it while skimming) would be to set up a rope ladder as mentioned, but use lightweight balsa blocks under the rung ends. this way, they are elevated from the surface, are lightweight, and chances are, boyant enough to just drap the ladder down the tunnel while floating so you dont have to carry the whole ladder's weight (if that makes sense)
obviously, paddeling your little boat probably wouldnt be possible dragging a ladder that long; floating or not but you get the idea
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terapr0
Location: Sauga City
Gender: Male
www . tohellandback . net
| | | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 73 on 7/21/2010 2:50 AM >
| | | | is that an elevator???
does it work??? :p
www.tohellandback.net |
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bouncewiggle
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Female
| | | | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 74 on 7/21/2010 3:15 AM >
| | | | Posted by terapr0
is that an elevator???
does it work??? :p
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probably.
"bouncewiggle, now more entertaining than Jell-O" |
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TRAINS
Foaming at the Mouth
Location: Canada
Gender: Male
Ask me about my coupling equipment!
| | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 75 on 7/21/2010 5:24 PM >
| | | | Rope ladder up, over, and down the whole hump. Use large square wooden blocks, 6"x6" or 8"x8" as rungs. They'll rest against the concrete hump but the thickness of the blocks will leave lots of room for the front of your feet while climbing.
Anchor each end of the ladder together through the 3" diameter hole with rope or chain to lock the ladder into position.
Baby like the way I wake her up, 'Cause I'm a gangsta, I grab her by the butt, Pull her to my side, I'm in deep, Woke that ass up just to put her to sleep |
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MutantMandias
Perverse and Often Baffling
Location: Atlanta, GA
Gender: Male
Are you a reporter? Contact me for a UE interview! Also not averse to the the idea of group/anal.
| | | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 76 on 7/21/2010 6:11 PM >
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mutantMandias may cause dizziness, sexual nightmares, and sleep crime. ++++ mutantMandias has to return some videotapes ++++ Do not taunt mutantMandias
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TurboZutek
King Dick
Location: Scotland
Gender: Male
Giant octo-penised rapephant
| |  | | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 77 on 7/21/2010 6:48 PM >
| | | | MutantMandias, that's fucking ridiculous!
You should park the truck nearer to the obstacle and get directly onto the ladder.
Chris...
We all had ostriches. My dad had an ostrich farm! I remember one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success, so we all went out and celebrated… by killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit. |
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bouncewiggle
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Female
| | | | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 78 on 8/19/2010 1:21 AM >
| | | | ok, to clarify the hydroelectric dam issue...
this is a hydroelectric dam. HOWEVER, the spillway where all the fun (for us) happens is NOT the same route that the water takes to the turbines. the second intake tower, not connected to the tunnel system featured in these photos, is where the water is released for power generation. so the only way anyone would drown in this part of the system is if the dam overflowed (why would anyone be down there if it looked that high?) or if they decide to lower the level of the lake without generating power (a possibility, i suppose, but likely to occur only if the lake were very high).
does this take some of the terror out of going down there, thinking they may generate at any moment? possibly. but oh well. if you've gotta get your adrenaline, then you can rappel in. =)
"bouncewiggle, now more entertaining than Jell-O" |
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Dick Winter
Location: Richmond
Gender: Male
| | Re: Some troubles with the gloryhole
<Reply # 79 on 8/19/2010 4:07 AM >
| | | | is no one brave enough to just jump over the hole?
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