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UER Forum > Journal Index > missions of Gatsby > after rotla (Viewed 1676 times)
after rotla
entry by Gatsby 
3/29/2005 2:46 AM

After Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ofberenonehand and I decided to do some practicing for the summer of RMP. We chose my own neighborhood as a good place to start. Beren's friend came up with a prototype of a manhole popper that needed some testing, so this was a good night for it. Unfortunately, the current weather conditions rendered almost every manhole lid frozen in it's state of protection against infiltration.
I was able to shine my lamp down a number of holes, nevertheless, and we ended up finding a system of shallow, flooded telephone tunnels one block from my front step! We have yet to actually enter and confirm the assumed nature of these findings, but it seemed like a safe guess - and there's a working ladder in each hole as a bonus! We only need to find an inconspicuous entry point.
Later on, we opened one that is located about 2 blocks from my home (BTW, the popper was working pretty good, with just minor bugs to kill off). This particular hole looked like it was just a small section of drainage from the street gutter, probably heading toward a nearby lake - no big deal. I decided to jump into it anyway, since we hadn't really seen any action yet.
While Beren waited topside, I got to the bottom of the short shaft and was immediately enthralled to hear the familiar sound of cascading water in the environment of a larger pipe, somewhere close by. I crawled through the presently snug pipe in the direction of the promising sound. About 20 feet later, I ran straight into the midsection of a wide shaft. It sported trustworthy plastic rungs, so I contorted myself out of the side passage and started working my way down. I soon beheld what exceeded even my most positive expectations - a MONSTROUS drain!! - possibly the size of a Kittsondale!! Unfortunately, the shaft led straight down into the highest part of the ceiling of the massive tunnel, so the rungs inevitably stopped short of the ground. If I hung off the lowest rung and dropped, I might get hurt and definitely wouldn't be able to reach it again to climb back up.
I hurried out to relay the exciting information to Beren, who, in turn, suggested using a rope that he had previously tied knots in.
It was getting late, and we knew that if we went back in we'd be occupied 'till after sun up, so we scheduled it for another day. I can't wait long!!


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