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 Spiritwalker
  
Location: Canada
Gender: Female
What is the difference between exploring and being lost?"
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<Reply # 40 on 4/16/2012 11:27 PM >
|  | | | Oh and take some cookies...I always take cookies
“Develop a built-in bullshit detector.”Ernest Hemingway
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Joel
   
RED DRAGONS!!!!
Location: Katy, TX
Gender: Male
Chilling on a wall
| | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 41 on 4/17/2012 12:43 AM >
| | | | Xanax can also cure any uneasy feelings. Just no climbing or anything fun. 
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meanwhileinfoco
Location: Fort Collins, CO - Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Male
| | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 42 on 4/17/2012 1:30 AM >
| | | | Posted by Spiritwalker
Oh and take some cookies...I always take cookies
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This. And/or gummyworms.
As for 'scary feelings' I've had that feeling occasionally, but since I usually explore with friends, I've always ignored it. So far everything's turned out OK.
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barefootpoetry
Location: PA
Gender: Female
| |  | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 44 on 4/17/2012 3:09 AM >
| | | | Packing a beer in your camera bag also eases the jitters. (just don't be a dick and leave the empty bottle there)
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strangePlaces
 
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 45 on 4/17/2012 3:09 AM >
| | | | i didn't read all the prev responses, but yes it exists... then adrenaline levels increase and you actually feel like you have superpowers.
wearing clothes while exploring is a good idea... i wear urban star costco jeans and grey costco hoodie. make me look like a harmless poor person.
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Loki
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Gender: Male
| | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 46 on 4/17/2012 3:17 AM >
| | | | How has no one mentioned the adrenaline shits?
Wank | Wank | Wank | Wank | Wank | Wank |
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Therrin
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Location: North of Chicago, IL
Gender: Male
*Therrin puts on the penguin-suit
| |  | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 47 on 4/17/2012 4:38 AM >
| | | | My first response on this topic was well-thought-out and detailed.
I didn't jump on the OP till he started contradicting himself. 
Sometimes if Im alone and I'm rappelling down a mineshaft with noone around I get this "whew!" feeling going over the edge but it doesn't last more than a second or two these days.
Being chased by security and cops gets my adrenaline to dump though. Its certainly more exciting.
Give a person a match and they'll be warm for a minute, but light them on fire and they'll be warm for the rest of their life. =) |
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dallas
Location: seattle
Gender: Female
So long and thanks for all the fish
| | | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 48 on 4/17/2012 4:44 AM >
| | | | Oh yes, someone other then me explain the ue shits...
amazing wife to Narf. Don't look him up or ill cut you. |
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Tom133t
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<Reply # 49 on 4/17/2012 5:28 AM >
|  | | | The adrenaline rush is pretty much standard, but the fear you sometimes feel isn't. Plan out your approach, understand the possible risks, and make sure your group is on the same page as you. By carefully analyzing the scenario, you can avoid irrational fear. The old FDR saying about fearing fear itself is very true in a UE context - fear will be more dangerous to you than almost anything else you might encounter. It will erode your reasoning ability and cause mistakes to be made. If you feel fear closing in on you, stop moving and close your eyes for a moment. Breathe deeply, and collect yourself. Then continue.
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Twahmonger13
Location: St. Paul, MN
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 50 on 4/17/2012 6:53 AM >
| | | | Posted by Tom133t
The adrenaline rush is pretty much standard, but the fear you sometimes feel isn't. Plan out your approach, understand the possible risks, and make sure your group is on the same page as you. By carefully analyzing the scenario, you can avoid irrational fear. The old FDR saying about fearing fear itself is very true in a UE context - fear will be more dangerous to you than almost anything else you might encounter. It will erode your reasoning ability and cause mistakes to be made. If you feel fear closing in on you, stop moving and close your eyes for a moment. Breathe deeply, and collect yourself. Then continue.
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No joke and above all else have a FOOLPROOF exit or you may find yourself suffering that cruddy "I'm lost" feeling which is also no fun...
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Gunner Trees
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Location: MSP
Gender: Male
DISCRETION IS A CHOICE
| | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 51 on 4/17/2012 8:29 AM >
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Because you haven't banned MrShitvials yet.
Also, I would have to say that solo exploring always gives me a bigger adrenaline rush then exploring with others. And, I agree that it's always more exiting/scary the fisrt time you explore a location or when your first learning about exploring then it is after you've become jaded to it.
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Yimmy
Location: Aught-to-Wah
Gender: Male
What the hell are you looking at?
| | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 52 on 4/17/2012 8:39 AM >
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Post by barefootpoetry
Usually when I get that GTFO feeling, I do it....when it persists and I can't enjoy an exploration because of it. I always get the jitters when I first enter a location: my hands shake, hair stands on end, jump at every single sound. But after a few minutes I relax. I think it's normal to feel that adrenaline rush, especially your first time. It'll get easier. Bring friends, that helps. I feel much more confident with a buddy. |
I have to agree with you about the GTFO feeling... To me, it's like when getting depressed when drunk or stoned--sometimes the best thing to do is go to sleep rather than fight the feeling and not enjoy yourself. If I get that persistent bad omen feeling, I go home, and try again another day. Usually I enjoy the explore a lot more.
The feeling does go away, but, to use another analogy: it's like stagefright. When you use stagefright, you can control the feeling and better your performance. When you get that 'rush' feeling, you can use that to feel more energetic, more alert, more aware of risks, dangers, and sounds.
I find now, at this point, when going to a new location (or even ones I haven't visited in a while), I feel pretty epic when I get that 'rush'. You get a little high from it (as some folk here have said). Mind over matter. Use that rush and turn it into the 'fuck yeah feeling' rather than the 'shitting my pants feeling'.
"...and then, said HE: 'it is the true explorer who shall find the point of entrance, and then shall enter with peace' and lo! the unboarded window was found!"
--Book of Infiltratius, 3:09 |
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Opheliaism
   
Moderator
Location: Out on the border of everything and nothing, TN
Ophie
| | | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 53 on 4/17/2012 1:58 PM >
| | | | Posted by Gunner Trees
Because you haven't banned MrShitvials yet.
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Touche
Show up at 9:30 with 15 dollars cash and your fingers crossed.
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Weirdlig
Gender: Female
| | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 54 on 4/17/2012 2:44 PM >
| | | | No matter how bad I feel, I've never force quit an explore. I can't imagine bad vibes or the jitters feeling worse than that.
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MrSivalls
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I'll be a-surfin' in yer blood on Saturday night
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<Reply # 55 on 4/17/2012 9:25 PM >
| | | | Posted by Therrin
I think this is best decided personally. Daylight can be your enemy just as easily as darkness.
Know when it's best to use a bright flashlight, and when a very very dim one is your best option.
If you fear going out at night, you can potentially miss out on lots of opportunities you wouldn't have otherwise.
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I agree with you completely. Night is neutral.
Night time has more foreboding feelings attach to it though, and not being able to see who or what (same for them) is there can raise or lower your fear level depending how you feel about it and skill level. I find that breaking the least amount of laws and trying to avoid looking suspicious lowers the issues what I need to be concern with and my anxiety as well.
Your security measures were inadequate.
How unfortunate for you. |
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MrSivalls
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I'll be a-surfin' in yer blood on Saturday night
| | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 56 on 4/17/2012 9:33 PM >
| | | | Posted by Gunner Trees the dickless parrot
Also, I would have to say that solo exploring always gives me a bigger adrenaline rush then exploring with others. And, I agree that it's always more exiting/scary the fisrt time you explore a location or when your first learning about exploring then it is after you've become jaded to it.
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You should be apprehensive the first time and not drop your guard. Sites can be dangerous, and many have hidden hazards.
I disagree about subsequent visits being jaded unless it's a boring shithole to begin with. Large sites take time to find the interesting spots, and learn what to look out for. Intimate knowledge of a sits allows more effective use of your time, and better results. The risks are still there, but there is less to fear from the known.
Your security measures were inadequate.
How unfortunate for you. |
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Gunner Trees
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Location: MSP
Gender: Male
DISCRETION IS A CHOICE
| | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 57 on 4/17/2012 10:10 PM >
| | | | There is something seriously wrong in your head.
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Rinzler
Location: New Jersey
Nomad
| | | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 58 on 4/17/2012 10:12 PM >
| | | | Posted by Gunner Trees
There is something seriously wrong in your head.
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Lmao. You just realized that?
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Gunner Trees
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Location: MSP
Gender: Male
DISCRETION IS A CHOICE
| | Re: Uneasy "scary feeling" when exploring for first time.
<Reply # 59 on 4/17/2012 10:16 PM >
| | | | Well I wanted to be certain before I came to any conclusions and I'm quite certain now.
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