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Whitemoon
location:
istanbul,Turkey
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 100 on 8/15/2011 2:21 AM >
|  | | | Posted by ~Nin
When we explore a location and make it out successfully we typically give everyone a firm handshake whilst bellowing "EXCELLENT JOB GENTLEMEN" in our version of manly victorian accents.
It all stemmed from this one time that we explored while wearing steampunk costumes...
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I loved you tradition.
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Whitemoon
location:
istanbul,Turkey
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 101 on 8/15/2011 2:29 AM >
| | | | Posted by Arthas
As I drive to the site, I pray to God to stop me from going through with it.
As I explore I pray I don't die from climbing that rickety 5 story emergency ladder.
As I return home with adrenal glands wrung dry, I thank God for giving this idiot another day to live and explore 
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Godspeed for all of us
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BeowulfBrower
  
location:
Mendota, IL
Gender: Male
Profession Tetanus Shot Receiver
| | Re: UE Traditions
<Reply # 102 on 8/15/2011 2:32 AM >
| | | | I generally sacrifice some goats to Satan if I'm hitting the tunnels.
Is that snow or asbestos? |
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Rage21
location:
Greensburg, PA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 103 on 8/17/2011 2:59 AM >
| | | | For me it the same cloths. Under Armour and shorts. Usually I forget my camera and have to use my phone... not sure if that counts.
Im just really bored all the time...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rage2177/ |
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TheCoolf
location:
North Adams, MA
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 104 on 9/22/2011 7:40 PM >
| | | | The few times I've gone into a big place (asylum, mall, hospital) my friends and i would go back to our one friend's apartment and get smashed while we looked over photos and shared our stories and stuff.
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guy_montag
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<Reply # 105 on 9/22/2011 9:46 PM >
| | | | I've only explored twice, so I can't say I have much in the way of traditions, but one recurring event has been that both times deer have made themselves present in odd places (in the ghetto by our factory/in the graveyard that was our starting point for a country trek). That was pretty cool/bizarre. Definitely spooked us a bit.
Oh, and I feel like going at night will be a thing with my friends. We're all much, much more concerned about getting caught than hurt and we're all really fleet, reaction-trained (martial arts mostly) people, plus it adds to the spookiness and fun of it.
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cdevon
  
location:
west county
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 106 on 9/25/2011 12:57 AM >
| | | | now that i think about it..."have sex in..." seems that goes back a few years to "onsatu" at "the outlet mall", so i take back my previous post about drinking a beer, as a fact, the beer is left at the scene of said sex...
When I say I'm 'clean and sober', it means I've showered and I'm headed to the liquor store. |
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superphoenix
location:
New York City
Gender: Male
There's a madness to my methods
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<Reply # 107 on 9/30/2011 8:41 PM >
| | | | Posted by yokes
Adrenaline induced explosive bowels. You're welcome.
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Not a tradition; an instinctive reaction.
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superphoenix
location:
New York City
Gender: Male
There's a madness to my methods
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<Reply # 108 on 9/30/2011 8:45 PM >
| | | | Posted by BeowulfBrower
I generally sacrifice some goats to Satan if I'm hitting the tunnels.
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+1
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Ecto
location:
minneapolis
Gender: Male
“We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.” -Jules Verne
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<Reply # 109 on 9/30/2011 8:53 PM >
| | | | Water, always....always bring water, and eat light the day of, nothing is worse then having to drop a deuce a hour into a location.
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skootles
location:
Toronto, ON
Gender: Male
Is the poop deck really what I think it is?
| | Re: UE Traditions
<Reply # 110 on 10/1/2011 7:50 PM >
| | | | Posted by yokes
Adrenaline induced explosive bowels. You're welcome.
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Sounds like the last explore I went on alone; get to site, realize the horror that's about to go down in my underpants, hop back over the fence, bike down the road to the porta-potties I saw earlier (thank god), bike back to the site feeling a million times better, realize my body isn't quite done screwing me over, and then finally bike back and get to the exploring.
As for traditions, I almost always find myself having to take a leak everywhere I go. Does that count?
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superphoenix
location:
New York City
Gender: Male
There's a madness to my methods
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<Reply # 111 on 10/1/2011 9:16 PM >
| | | | Posted by skootles
Sounds like the last explore I went on alone; get to site, realize the horror that's about to go down in my underpants, hop back over the fence, bike down the road to the porta-potties I saw earlier (thank god), bike back to the site feeling a million times better, realize my body isn't quite done screwing me over, and then finally bike back and get to the exploring.
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Sometimes when I read an intense exploring story or have pictures that really make me feel like I'm there, then I've gotta go! (number 2 that is. Not exploring.)
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Keaven
location:
15 miles from the Grassy Knoll
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 112 on 10/18/2011 1:23 AM >
| | | | I stole this idea from someone on the forum: A Meet n' Greet tradition is to bring a flashlight and place it on your table. It really helps explorers identify one another.
Going to an all you can eat buffet (usually pizza) has become somewhat of a post-exploration tradition for my regular buddies and me.
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DustRat
location:
Phoenix
Gender: Female
R.econ of A.bandoned T.erritory
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<Reply # 113 on 10/20/2011 7:49 AM >
| | | | I take all the keychains/decorations off my backpack before I go out. It keeps me from making as much noise.
I also pick up a fresh bottle of white shoe polish or a ball of twine or yarn to use to keep from getting lost. Yes, a ball of twine, the trick is older than dirt but it works. Besides, I'm a mythology buff with a thing for tunnels and a sarcastic sense of humour ;P
Paved roads and suburban homes? Pfft, that's just the icing; I want the cake.
So here's us on the raggety edge. I aim to misbehave. |
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Keaven
location:
15 miles from the Grassy Knoll
Gender: Male
| | | Re: UE Traditions
<Reply # 114 on 10/22/2011 1:35 AM >
| | | | Posted by DustRat
... or a ball of twine or yarn to use to keep from getting lost. Yes, a ball of twine, the trick is older than dirt but it works. Besides, I'm a mythology buff with a thing for tunnels and a sarcastic sense of humour ;P
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Here is a geeky fact I recently learned while reading my dictionary (really). The word "clue" (older spelling "clew") originally meant a ball of twine. A reference to the one Theseus used to find his out of the Labyrinth.
We sometimes used colored chalk in the drains (but there is no cool geeky fact to go along with chalk).
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Rockle
location:
Chicagoland
Gender: Female
Aint no walk in the park
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<Reply # 115 on 10/22/2011 3:21 PM >
| | | | I always take a picture (of something obscure; couch, window, interior door, etc) with my phone when entering the location and upload it to some friends asking them if they can guess where I am.
Generally, no one is ever able to guess, but this also serves as a 'just in case' something happens to me.
Best hide and seek game for my dead body ever?
I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream. |
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Audacious
location:
Twin Cities, Minnesota
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 116 on 11/17/2011 9:17 PM >
| | | | My biggest tradition is wasting all my camera's battery power on spots I've already been, then when finally getting to somewhere really awesome/I've never been/is usually sealed off/involves a crazy fucking climb my batteries die. I spend more time taking them out and putting them back in for two or three pictures than I do enjoying the place itself.
You'd think I'd learn..
Proud supporter of the pullout method |
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