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Redknight
   
location:
Missouri
Gender: Male
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< on 12/2/2005 2:45 AM >
|  | | | Ive never encountered this stuff, but my friend(who is very good at exaggerating things) tells me it will cut you merely by touching it! haha
Can anyone give me some info on this stuff/links to pictures. I would hate to be cut by some that I didnt see at night or anything like that.
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grit1
 
location:
University Campus - Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
Got Shear Line?
| |  | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 1 on 12/2/2005 2:50 AM >
| | | | You'll definitely see it! Unlike barbed wire, it's typically in large (1-4 foot) coils and is polished and shiny. If some place is using razor wire they'll probably use enough of it to actually make it difficult to traverse it. I think it can be cut by big wire cutters [lineman's pliers], but be careful it doesn't snap back at you and cut you up. Bolt cutters should work too but maybe overkill. It is sharp, it will cut you but if you're careful you should be fine. ~Grit.
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Redknight
location:
Missouri
Gender: Male
| | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 2 on 12/2/2005 2:53 AM >
| | | | What I would be worried about is running into it at night, climbing up a fence to find it at the top or running into some.
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Dowcet
 
location:
Middletown, ct
| | | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 3 on 12/2/2005 3:30 AM >
| | | | Posted by Redknight
What I would be worried about is running into it at night, climbing up a fence to find it at the top or running into some.
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It would have to be REALLY dark, AND you would have to be REALLY NOT paying attention, to accidently run into razor wire!
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GrayFox
location:
Allston MA
Gender: Male
A Star of CCTV
| |  | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 4 on 12/2/2005 4:35 AM >
| | | | usually places are too cheap for razor wire and they just have regular barbed wire.....hurts alot more though
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this_guy
location:
Chicago suburbs
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 5 on 12/2/2005 4:51 AM >
| | | | Posted by grit1
...If some place is using razor wire they'll probably use enough of it to actually make it difficult to traverse it...
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you'd think so...
"Every sound shall end in silence, but the silence never dies." - from Samuel Miller Hagemen, found written on the wall of an abandoned building |
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Seolyk
location:
Knoxville, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Pie?
| |  | | | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 6 on 12/2/2005 4:52 AM >
| | | | I've seen pics of razor wire... its noticeable. its flat and pretty wide. It looks like if there were ANY source of light nearby that it would shine or gleam a lot.
Note: when I was writing this post, the above one was not there.
Edit: had to add a comment
[last edit 12/2/2005 4:55 AM by Seolyk - edited 1 times]
Those who think faith is blind are afraid of heights.
"In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, love." Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf "The tattoo on their back boasts 'For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.'" - The Vision, Pete Greig I'd like to thank my friend Roxanne for giving me permission to use her drawing of my character as an avi ^^ |
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Dowcet
location:
Middletown, ct
| | | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 7 on 12/2/2005 4:57 AM >
| | | | Posted by Seolyk
I've seen pics of razor wire...
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You've only seen pics? I've seen the shit everyday of my life, and I grew up in a fancy suburb. Is the northeast just anal about security?
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Jester
location:
Vancouver,B.C. Canada
Gender: Male
Always just out of sight...
| | | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 8 on 12/2/2005 5:36 AM >
|  | | | Posted by Dowcet
You've only seen pics? I've seen the shit everyday of my life, and I grew up in a fancy suburb. Is the northeast just anal about security?
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There are great disparities in security from area to area.
Out here we get razor wire/dogs/live on site guards, very frequently. What I saw out in Toronto was extremely lax in comparison. Another explorer down south was telling me, where he is now, most places have no guards and he finds things wide open... So it really varies from region to region.
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Factor VIII
location:
tu5t1n
Gender: Male
The Legacy
| | | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 9 on 12/2/2005 6:20 AM >
| | | | oh my, climbing razor wire, that does not look like fun at all. I've heard so many bad stories about it.
use the boost to get through |
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GrayFox
location:
Allston MA
Gender: Male
A Star of CCTV
| | | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 10 on 12/2/2005 6:37 AM >
| | | | Posted by Jester
There are great disparities in security from area to area.
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yea up in the northeast we are just paranoid
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Seolyk
location:
Knoxville, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Pie?
| | | | | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 11 on 12/2/2005 7:07 AM >
| | | | Posted by Dowcet
You've only seen pics? I've seen the shit everyday of my life, and I grew up in a fancy suburb. Is the northeast just anal about security?
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I grew up in the stereotypical 'rich, snooty city' and next to my neighborhood there are houses with multi-million dollar land value. the biggest thing in security there is in ANY of the houses is, one house has a keypad gate (and a very short driveway so it looks incredibly stupid) along with dense hedging along the side of it and a fence in the backyard.
Seo
edit: fixed a key grammatical mistake
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Those who think faith is blind are afraid of heights.
"In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, love." Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf "The tattoo on their back boasts 'For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.'" - The Vision, Pete Greig I'd like to thank my friend Roxanne for giving me permission to use her drawing of my character as an avi ^^ |
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wooble
location:
Surrey, UK
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 12 on 12/2/2005 12:31 PM >
| | | | It's pretty hard to miss razor wire, it stands out. It won't all 'cut you when you touch it', but the really expensive, top-end stuff does have sharpened, polished 'razors', which will cut the hell out of you surprisingly easily. It's at least as sharp as a razorblade you'd shave with.
The cheaper stuff that 90% of places use (round here, anyway) doesn't have sharpened 'razors', rather it relies on the barbs on the end of the razors to do the damage, which are still nasty.
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Explorer Zero
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<Reply # 13 on 12/2/2005 1:12 PM >
| | | | razor wire was designed to snag not so much to cut
the points face each other and deployed properly it must be twisted and coiled
yeah it will cut and puncture but if you snag yourself well enough they wont have to chase you down since youll still being hangin roun
large carpet scrap or blanket will defeat it but the deterrent factor keeps most casual intrusions out
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Yehoshua
location:
Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 14 on 12/2/2005 1:17 PM >
| | | | Posted by Jester
There are great disparities in security from area to area.
Out here we get razor wire/dogs/live on site guards, very frequently. What I saw out in Toronto was extremely lax in comparison.
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I daresay that almost all of Southern Ontario is that lax, with Ottawa as the pinnacle among cities. I've 'explored' Parliament Hill at 3am, nobody notices/cares. Hell, I was joking because I was at a press conference thing in the West building a couple months ago, and after you enter, the stairs are *right there* in front of you, with a little paper sign that says "Please head down this hallway five doors to the right, to see security before going up these stairs". Security can't even see if you enter, they just wait in a small little room for people to come to them.
Our Citizen.
Our Justice.
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FoxTwoFoxTwo
location:
Clarksville, Tennessee
Gender: Male
I'm an explorer who photographs...
| | | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 15 on 12/2/2005 1:36 PM >
| | | | Hahahah thats like saying "please dont intrude!"
Just use a lot of leather and thick gloves to get past razor wire. No need to cut it!
Bringing exploration to Clarksville.
Journal: http://www.uer.ca/...id=4&catid=2000173 | RUAUER!?!?!?111ONE??QUESTIONMARK | FoxTwoFoxTwo - "I just ordered a large. I have a relatively huge head so yeah..." |
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TaP
location:
Montreal, QC
Gender: Male
| | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 16 on 12/2/2005 2:48 PM >
| | | | 
wearing alot of leather will do the trick, extra points if you have a whip and a gag
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FoxTwoFoxTwo
location:
Clarksville, Tennessee
Gender: Male
I'm an explorer who photographs...
| | | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 17 on 12/5/2005 1:50 PM >
| | | | I think you are confusing two letters. UE not SM
Hahaha 
Yeah, just use some thick carpet (soft side up to protect your dainty fingers and face) to defeat it.
Bringing exploration to Clarksville.
Journal: http://www.uer.ca/...id=4&catid=2000173 | RUAUER!?!?!?111ONE??QUESTIONMARK | FoxTwoFoxTwo - "I just ordered a large. I have a relatively huge head so yeah..." |
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dlp_qc
location:
Québec cité
Gender: Male
What have you learned today ?
| | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 18 on 12/5/2005 3:57 PM >
|  | | | Here are some quotes from an ecoterrorist book call Ecodefense http://www.omnipre...ost.org/inttxt.htm ;
Fences
Garages and parking areas for heavy equipment, and offices are often protected by fenced yards or compounds. The most common type of fence is made of chain-link "fabric" with openings of 2 inches or less to make climbing difficult. Seven feet is the minimum effective height. Often a "top guard" is added, consisting of an angled brace (or two) holding either barbed wire or the newer barbed tape. These fences can be climbed with the aid of a ladder. If you plan to climb the fence without a ladder, wear tennis shoes for the best
The top guard wire can either be cut, or covered with a scrap of old carpet and climbed over. If you chose to cut it, use good bolt cutters. The newest type of barbed tape is reinforced with a steel cable core that wire cutters cannot cut, but bolt cutters slice right through.
It is also a simple matter to cut through the chain-link fabric, and a hole sufficiently large to pass through can be made in less than half a minute. Never buy cheap bolt cutters to do this, for they will eventually let you down. Remember that any cutting, unless hidden in a low or concealed spot of a rarely patrolled fence, will reveal your presence the next morning. By cutting only at the bottom (just enough to allow you to crawl under) you can minimize this problem. Also, you can carry a few scraps of wire to tie the fence fabric back to a semblance of its former condition, perhaps delaying discovery.
FIELD NOTES
* It is much faster to cut a hole in chain-link fencing than to try to get three to five people over the fence. When cutting chain-link fence, use small bolt cutters or a fence tool and cut the same vertical strand of wire repeatedly each time it slants to the left or right (not both). You will need to cut the bottom tension wire also. Study how chain-link fences are constructed. Watch for electrified or alarmed fences.
* If chain-link fences must be climbed, running shoes with knobby soles help. The old Adidas TRX model was great.
« Vaincus dans la lutte, ils triomphèrent dans l'histoire. » - Alfred Laliberté |
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Azrael
location:
South West UK
Gender: Male
| | Re: Razor Wire
<Reply # 19 on 12/7/2005 10:31 AM >
| | | | That book looks like its by a bunch of nutters (just my opinion) why would you want to burn condoes?
Urban Explorers always take the red pill... |
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