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Lone Socialist
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< on 7/29/2005 6:19 AM >
|  | | | Hi, long time lurker first time poster 
I usually do a lot of rooftop climbing, so it involves a lot of strength training to get up there and climb down, tonight I kind of screwed up on the way down and got a nasty scrape on my arm. Do you guys usually just hike around or are you really active explorers?
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sympathy in chaos
  
location:
Chicago
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 1 on 7/29/2005 7:28 AM >
| | | | Im as bad as I wanna be
I tend to be cautious but I will climb or jump down into places.
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jukebox fuckup
 
location:
killadelphia
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 2 on 7/29/2005 1:56 PM >
| | | | hahahahah
my last UE involved atleast an hour hike around some suckass mountain in 95 degree weather and woods.. and we kept getting turned around
ok.. well.. maybe I'm exaggerating.. it was worth the hike, but the hike in itself sucked!
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autowitch
 
location:
Colorado/New Mexico
Hey! Where did all the explorers go?
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<Reply # 3 on 7/29/2005 4:01 PM >
| | | | I tend to visit pretty remote sites, so I would have so say yes, a lot of the sites require some degree of activity.
A site that I've been checking out lately is 1200' below the canyon rim. The easy (but currently inaccessible) way is just climb on an old incline down the rim. The not so easy route involves a long hike through some amazingly rugged country.
That one on is pry the worst as far as rough access is concerned, but several hundred foot climbs up scree slopes and long hikes are pretty much the norm.
--autowitch
Hey, where did all the explorers go? |
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Andy "Not Dice" Dice
location:
We can live in dumpsters if we have to, MA
Gender: Male
UE'ing is for pussies, bro.
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<Reply # 4 on 7/29/2005 4:51 PM >
| | | | I know of sites I have been to that have entrances that don't require any climbing or hardcore physical activity, but are really dangerous to go in through because of visibility to passer-by-ers, that have entrances on the roof that are safer to use. I've been exploring with friends before, climbed up onto the roof to get into an entrance, and had those friends try numerous times to climb and fail, making us unable to continue.
"Active" exploring (as opposed to passive...?) isn't alway necessary, but being in-shape enough to climb, jump, and run certainly renders many obstacles insignificant.
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Louie
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<Reply # 5 on 7/29/2005 7:39 PM >
| | | | I like to go exploring in places that have tour-through cars, ala "It's a Small World..."
Saves me from actually, you know, walking. And I can enjoy some popcorn on the way through.
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drainpunk
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<Reply # 6 on 7/29/2005 8:52 PM >
| | | | Hi, and welcome!
| I usually do a lot of rooftop climbing, so it involves a lot of strength training to get up there and climb down, tonight I kind of screwed up on the way down and got a nasty scrape on my arm. |
Yeah, rooftop climbing is fun! I'm not very strong but fortunately strong enough not to fall down from the ladders. 
Better be careful up there. What happened to you on the way down? Misplaced foot?
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JavaDog
location:
Buffalo, NY
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 7 on 7/29/2005 9:09 PM >
| | | | Posted by drainpunk
Yeah, rooftop climbing is fun! I'm not very strong but fortunately strong enough not to fall down from the ladders.
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The tedious, although much safer route, is to use a climbing harness (small, and easy to throw on) and a carabiner - like the guys working in cherry pickers do. It will slow your ascent and descent - but if you are climbing some tall shit - could save your life. Not trying to preach, but $25 worth of gear that doesn't take up hardly any room is worth it in my book. ;)
"...believe me therein upon mine honour, for you will thereby feel in your nockhole a most wonderful pleasure, both in regard of the softness of the said down and of the temporate heat of the goose, which is easily communicated to the bum-gut..." |
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Random
location:
Richmond, Virginia
Gender: Male
Partially Retired
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<Reply # 8 on 7/29/2005 9:30 PM >
| | | | I don't do allot of tough physical explorations like climbing or actie sites. I mostly stick to drains. Sure, tough on the neck, back and legs, but nothing too physical.
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autowitch
location:
Colorado/New Mexico
Hey! Where did all the explorers go?
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<Reply # 9 on 7/29/2005 11:29 PM >
| | | | Posted by fatLouie
I like to go exploring in places that have tour-through cars, ala "It's a Small World..."
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Oh man, I've been doing it the hard way. That explains the all rail lines though
--autowitch
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The Bean
location:
Austin TX
Gender: Male
Some dude with a camera
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<Reply # 10 on 7/29/2005 11:49 PM >
| | | | I'm in decent enough shape to climb a ladder or two, but beyond that my legs are going to be screaming pretty quick. I can handle walking all day though.
That's what a few years of fast food and cheap beer will do to you.
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Mark
Very Noble Donor
location:
South Carolina
Gender: Male
What is a lion, king of the savannah, when hes at the south pole?
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<Reply # 11 on 7/30/2005 12:05 PM >
| | | | 3 weeks of UE with me can drop 5-10 pounds.
"If the threat level goes up its probably because of me." "I am looking for a girl who enjoys headbutting beltbuckles" |
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Ryden
location:
Barrie On
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 12 on 7/30/2005 9:49 PM >
| | | | Yeah, exterior acess roofing is the part of my UE that is the most physically challenging, each trip usually requires a few leaps if faith and a lot of climbing, especially when there aren't any ladders around (the funnest ones).
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Bobtheallmighty
location:
Somewhere over london, Ontario
Gender: Male
gotta climb.
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<Reply # 13 on 8/1/2005 6:40 PM >
| | | | When I go UEing I tend to do a lot of climbing. Its not that I allways have to its just that its fun. Im my groups monkey man. It really does come in handy for getting the entire group into a location, sometimes I can climb up and into the building and then open a door from the inside.
-bob
" <Samurai> you know, we aren't as far removed from animals as we'd like to think... i still have bowel movements that border on mystical... i mean almost orgasmic" |
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HillbillyHorus
location:
Charlottesville Virginia
Gender: Male
Im in ur government, killin ur d00dz
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<Reply # 14 on 8/1/2005 7:32 PM >
| | | | Abandonments in my area are usually pretty easy to access. All the danger in those places is induced by me trying to climb smokestacks and things. I can walk a long time, and am in good enough physical shape to get my ass out of a place if there's someone there who I don't want to meet. I'm too young to drive, so I usually have to walk everywhere, but that's kind of a blessing. There's lots of great hiking around here.
Infiltration is another story. I like to go with one other person. That way we can watch eachother's backs. You have to be in good physical shape to be sneaking into occupied places, so you can quickly scurry down or up stairs, or get out of the site quickly. Charisma is also useful in some situations.
You can't fall off a mountain. |
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Monkey Boy
location:
Orlando Fl
Gender: Male
Gone Bananas!
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<Reply # 15 on 8/13/2005 5:55 AM >
| | | | As my name implies, I do a lot of climbing. I don't have a fear of heights, and I climb anything. One time I was going to Splendid China in kissimmee when we decided to cross trough the woods. We spent 4 hours going trough 1/2 a mile of bushes. We didn't had any flashlights or any illumination device, so we spent 2 hours in the dark. That was by far the longest hike. Also I was previusly run from there, and I had to run, or better said, crouch over 1/2 miles of grass so that I wasn't seems, then run another 1/2. I like adventure, so anything that involves physical strength or adrenaline I 'm in.
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kyle5077
location:
Jersey/Philly
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 16 on 8/14/2005 12:10 AM >
| | | | Most of the UE's I go on arnt really that physically intense, allthough we usually somehow make it intense anyway. I wouldnt say im physically fit to do all kinda of crazy crap, but I can hold my own if need be. And if theres a roof where ever we go, were gettin on it one way or another ;)
AIM: Funk e Dope
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Finn
location:
Plano, TX
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 17 on 8/14/2005 9:04 AM >
| | | | I'd say draining is the most physically demanding thing we do. It's not that bad, but crouching for a half mile in "Texas-Hot" tunnels will certainly take it out of you. I've done some buildering from time to time, but it's not too hard as long as I pace myself. Walking or hiking? I can do that all day. I grew up in Arkansas and I haven't had a car except for the past 3 months, so I've done my share of moving on foot.
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urbexzombie
location:
pa
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 18 on 8/14/2005 4:58 PM >
| | | | Posted by Finn
I'd say draining is the most physically demanding thing we do. It's not that bad, but crouching for a half mile in "Texas-Hot" tunnels will certainly take it out of you. I've done some buildering from time to time, but it's not too hard as long as I pace myself. Walking or hiking? I can do that all day. I grew up in Arkansas and I haven't had a car except for the past 3 months, so I've done my share of moving on foot.
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Amen, Draining is probably the most tough form of exploring. Walking in a Crouch for a mile under ground is no easy task!
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lost
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 19 on 8/14/2005 8:27 PM >
| | | | A lot of my exploration is VERY easy/lazy, like walking a few yards from the car straight into an open window or door. Such a lightweight.
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