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fogcitynav
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Gender: Male Total Likes: 0 likes
| | | Re: New Member? Introduce Yourself Here! < Reply # 923 on 3/16/2014 5:16 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I'm new to this site, not new to exploring at all. I usually don't take pictures when I'm alone, which is often, but sometimes explore with certain trusted experienced friends who often take many. I don't know what else to say about myself - never like talking about myself online, it's an image thing (preferring people don't have too many preconceived notions about me prior to contact, I suppose), and bit of a security thing, though there's already people here who could associate this account with the real life person. One of the things that I get from exploring is material for my writing. Not usually exact point for point stuff, but the feeling. I do it for the feeling. Then attempt to capture that feeling using the cognitive arts, to convey it. There's really nothing quite like being there, but if a film or computer game or story can convey some of the feeling, then that's an amazing thing; if the reader/player/viewer knows the feeling from experience then it can be even better. I like that there are so many others who enjoy a hobby like this. I'd like to use this site and others to find people who share the passion for exploration, for that feeling. I'd also like to expand my horizons, as my movements about the world are getting more far ranging, and in order to find places and avoid the myriad of pitfalls, I shall consult the wisdom of others.
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| Medusa
Location: Western US Gender: Female Total Likes: 5 likes
| | | Re: New Member? Introduce Yourself Here! < Reply # 925 on 3/16/2014 4:56 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Hi, My name is Mia and I live in the general Washington D.C. area. I've always liked exploring around my area and I love abandoned buildings, but I've really gotten into it as a hobby pretty recently. I have a friend who's in school doing photography and she has a concentration on abandoned buildings, so one weekend we went out and poked around in a handful of houses and some other old buildings and took a ton of pictures. I know of a couple pretty well-known places in my area (mostly hospitals or old asylums) but we haven't had a chance to visit any of them yet. I know they're becoming more and more popular with kids who are only interested in graffiti and vandalizing, so I'm hoping this community will give my friend and I some insight into the interesting places that aren't quite as popular. So- this is my first post, and I'd love to post some of the pictures we've taken of the few places we've already been, but I don't want to post them in the wrong threads or anything. I've read through most of the Rookie Forums & the FAQs and such but I'm still trying to get the hang of the forums so any tips or guidance would be much appreciated.
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| rhodieshortsswag
Gender: Male Total Likes: 4 likes
| | | Re: New Member? Introduce Yourself Here! < Reply # 929 on 3/17/2014 9:17 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Hello! I am a student in Houston who has been bitten by the adventure bug. As of this moment, my friends and I have only visited 3 spots, but we plan to visit many more. I enjoy movies, music, books, video games like CS GO and League, and many other things. When I am not working or adventuring, I can usually be found listening too or making music, reading or writing stories, watching movies, or playing games with my friends.
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| Elwood_Blues
Location: Phoenix Az Total Likes: 15 likes
| | | Fresh Meat Re: New Member? < Reply # 932 on 3/27/2014 2:58 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Hello All.. I'm a commercial photographer. Studio work.. products & such.. until recently when the company I worked for came to an untimely conclusion.. This isn't a rare occurrence in my business. It's not easy making a living as a photographer. So, I've gone off & done other things as well.. like construction.. network administration.. even worked in a machine shop for a while. This time I decided to strike out on my own and after a long absence go back into portrait/fashion photography. While scouring for locations on Google I came upon your site. I guess I had forgotten how much fun exploring was! Like a lot of us I'm sure I got my start as a kid.. exploring construction sites and other places I should not have been. Always had a great time doing it.. well.. except for a few years back when I got myself arrested in Moscow Russia.. exploring one of the Moscow Metro lines maintenance depots ( Oops! ) Anyway.. I hope to find more great sites to explore and ( if appropriate ) to use for shoot locations for my work. I already took a trip to one of the sites in the public DB and hope to be able to update the db when given permission do to so.. http://www.uer.ca/...urrpage=1&pp#post0 Glad to meet you all...!
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| NcGhostGirl
Location: NC/VA Line Gender: Female Total Likes: 0 likes
Being a ghost doesn't require death, it only requires practice...
| | | | Re: New Member? Introduce Yourself Here! < Reply # 935 on 4/2/2014 2:35 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Hi! I really suck at introductions, but here goes.... I was a member on here several (probably 5+) years ago and I kind of just fell away from forums of all kinds. Anyways, exploring has been one of my passions since I was a young teen, it wasn't until many years later that I found out it even had a proper name. I have around 15yrs under my belt and look forward to many more years. I started out exploring in GA (where I'm from), then moved to NC (which I love hunting down old homesteads and tobacco barns here), then landed in VA for a while before moving back to GA. I just moved back to NC for the second time a little over a year ago and it seems a lot has changed here in the 4yrs since I last lived here. There seems to be an abundance of new places to replace all of the ones that have been demolished or found new life in that time as well. I have just now gotten far enough in recovery from major hip surgery to undertake exploring again and I can't wait to get fully back up to par. It's driving me crazy having to go slow and not venture to places that require a major walk/hike or have a lot of obstacles to physically maneuver, but as time progresses over the next few months I should be back to taking on more physically demanding locations again...which are my favorite (never leave home without climbing/rappelling gear!!). I'm a photographer so the two passions have melded together flawlessly to create my favorite hobby that I've missed while being down with the bum hip. Music, the outdoors/hiking, art, body modification, classic/muscle cars, history & learning, wood/metal working, and rock hounding, are just some of my other loves. I'm also an adrenaline junkie...and that can be a good thing and a bad thing... Anyways, like I said I suck at writing these and they always end up jumbled and long winded...so if you bothered to read all of that then awesome...if not, I honestly don't blame you because I probably wouldn't have either lol.
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| TunnelRunner33
Location: Seattle Gender: Male Total Likes: 143 likes
| | | Re: New Member? Introduce Yourself Here! < Reply # 936 on 4/2/2014 5:58 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Hello All, My name is TunnelRunner33. I live in the Seattle area, having been here for about ten years. Before that, I traveled for five years in the US military, and I originally came from Western Michigan (in the areas around Kalamazoo and Battle Creek). I am new to both the website and to UE, but have really caught the bug. I already have developed more leads on potential sites than I have time to track them down (something Ninjalicious warned about in his book). Although I am new to the hobby, I do have some professional experience that I think would help me in urban exploration. I worked as a security guard for five years in various high-rise buildings here in Seattle, and I currently work with homeless adults in a position that is a lot like social work (requiring me to hone my verbal skills and avoid conflict). I am a US military veteran (hoping that will help to give me some slight leeway with law enforcement in the event of a stop), and have never had a criminal record. I am married, and although my wife is not into exploration, she is supportive and has given me the green light to take up this (possibly risky) hobby. I am 36 years old (a lot older than many of the people I've seen posting here,) but am still able to run, climb fences, and so on. I would love to start meeting explorers in the Seattle area, though I understand it will take a while and a few postings of explorations I have done in order to develop a level of trust with the local community. I will say that I have no objection to other new members in Seattle contacting me, at least to talk about ideas and so forth. Maybe we can pursue our full memberships together!
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