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inloc
Location: SF Bay Area Total Likes: 119 likes
Always question the context.
| | | Re: New Member? Introduce Yourself Here! < Reply # 2205 on 4/11/2019 1:54 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Hello all! I’m Stafford – originally from Northern California (where I return for 1/4 of the year), now attending college in Indiana (where I am for the remaining 3/4 of the year). When I was younger, I used to go urbexing every month or so with my father, primarily into old sites of historical importance in the greater bay area. Bunkers have always been of particular interest to me, though we visited several other particularly fun sites. In our time exploring, we managed to make a few friends who were happy to help us both learn about the hobby. Sadly, when a certain large bunker was quite publicly sealed in 2011 and the news painted all who had entered in a negative light, my father decided it was time to stop and forbade me from going on trips. Given the circumstances, I dropped the issue and stopped exploring. I was recently pointed here by a colleague on campus; having been out of the hobby for awhile the thought had never crossed my mind to look up online communities for it. Now I’m here, having just finished going through some wonderful literature, now finding myself doing research on locations I think might be fun to explore. Amazing how that works.
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| bagel330
Location: BC, Canada Total Likes: 1 like
I like trees and tunnels.
| | | Re: New Member? Introduce Yourself Here! < Reply # 2214 on 5/13/2019 12:18 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Hi everyone, name's Andrew. I'm from BC, Canada (lower mainland more specifically). I've been lurking around my regional forum for about a year now and decided it's about time I made an appearance. I've been interested in abandoned places and exploring all sorts of buildings and areas for as long as I can remember. However, I didn't know it was an actual hobby with a name until about five years ago. Before then I didn't really think of actually exploring most places because I didn't like the idea of trespassing. While all types of explorations interest me, I'm generally most interested in rural places, tunnels, mines, and drains. I also like photography, specifically drone photography. Other than a drone though, I only have my phone's camera and a point and shoot for handheld stuff for now. As I've been struggling to find much to explore near me, I haven't explored as much as I'd like to yet. I look forward to sharing photos and maybe meeting some more experienced explorers one day!
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| NMPatriot
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico Gender: Male Total Likes: 28 likes
| | | | Re: New Member? Introduce Yourself Here! < Reply # 2217 on 5/17/2019 5:55 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Hey All! I'm Ric. I enjoy good Italian food, horseback riding and long walks on the beach.. wait.. wrong intro.. annnnyway... New to the forums, but not really new to the site or urbex. I've visited UER on and off for years, but following a recent move to NM I decided it was time to join the forum and actually interact. I'm probably an old man compared to a lot of the forum members (41) but I've always been a bit of an explorer. Growing up my family spent summers in Upstate New York and winters in Florida. Used to spend days (sometimes into the night) of my teenage years exploring the abandoned buildings of Madison Barracks in Sackets Harbor, NY (Originally serving as the Navy's shipbuilding center during the war of 1812 and later became Camp Pine. All of the buildings are now gone or converted over into upscale apartments / townhouses.) I can't even describe how much I loved exploring those buildings. They were around 190 years old at that time and consisted of an old military hospital, crematorium, gate houses, theatre, gymnasium and housing. They were FULL of old documents, film on reels, military uniform items and discarded equipment. Several had been used by the local town as storage (full of junk including old 1960's civil defense / fallout shelter equipment). Cool as shit for a teen growing up. Anyway, that's what got me hooked on exploration. Like most on here I'm an amateur photographer. I have a thing for nature and abandonment landscapes, astrophotography and HDR. I know it doesn't seem like much but I was on cloud nine when the BBC used (and credited) a photo I'd taken of the supermoon. When I'm not exploring, I'm working. I spent 12 years as a network engineer, but I now work as the purchasing & inventory manager of a chain of ten retail vape shops. Until I moved down to New Mexico in March I was a volunteer Firefighter/Medic and Search & Rescue Instructor. There you have it, the intro of a gay, gun nut, exploration addict. Good to meet you all! NMPatriot
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