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 Blackbird
    
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 40 on 12/25/2007 10:10 PM >
|  | | | | I like the idea from Blackbird regarding an "auto inspection mirror that looks like an extendable dentist mirror." I can see the many uses for it. Easy to pack/carry in my gear. A very good item to have available when exploring. |
I found a building (more like a bunker) and the one section I couldn't get into at the time had a little hole knocked in the side. Using a Mag Lite and a mirror I could see most of the room (with on the spot practice).
"Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains save both." - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel |
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RochesterUE
Gender: Male
I'm a piggie!
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<Reply # 41 on 1/3/2008 6:25 PM >
| | | | Halligan bar.
$40-$200 at a Fire Company equipment store.
http://cat.org.au/~predator/approach.txt
There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop... |
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Inascent
Location: Henderson, Las Vegas, Nevada
Gender: Male
Photographer. Explorer. Dreamer.
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<Reply # 42 on 1/5/2008 2:30 PM >
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The bendable tiny LED light is great for checking to see if drains are worthwhile. The laser is good for measuring distance in the dark. and my version has a pen too. All that for 4 bucks at walgreens, lol.
www.DanJClarkPhoto.com |
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Hyoscine
Location: Chelmsford representing
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 43 on 1/5/2008 3:13 PM >
| | | | I usually have at least a couple of those little disposable eye exam torches on me. At work we get sent more than we could possibly use, so, yeah. Nice as a Plan C light source. Also a little bit of fossilized wood I found on a beach once. That's of less practical use.
How did this white lighter thing come about?
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joeyofnepal
Location: Memphis
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 44 on 1/6/2008 6:05 PM >
| | | | I'd say germ-x is a pretty good thing to bring along, along with a candle and matches, you never know if your flashlight or spares will mess up.
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum. -Arthur C. Clarke |
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Lady Adokenai
Location: Chicago, IL
Gender: Female
| | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 45 on 1/11/2008 4:47 AM >
| | | | wouldn't it be a good idea to bring some sort of gloves? something leather or latex, sturdy?
haha, I just had an image of dishwashing gloves.
I really like the cigarette idea. I would have never thought of that.
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Crazyman
Location: somewhere in Missouri...
Gender: Male
If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
| | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 46 on 1/11/2008 4:56 AM >
| | | | Posted by Lady Adokenai
wouldn't it be a good idea to bring some sort of gloves? something leather or latex, sturdy?
haha, I just had an image of dishwashing gloves.
I really like the cigarette idea. I would have never thought of that.
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Glove are a great idea, but you're going to want to go with leather, latex won't protect against sharp things.....
I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me - they're cramming for their final exam... |
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Sugar&Spice
Location: St. Louis, MO
Gender: Female
Team Asbestos
| | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 47 on 1/11/2008 10:23 PM >
| | | | I usually wear clothes or have other clothes that I can change around to make myself look different. Handy when you need to not look like those people who just ran from the cops...
For the record, there is no patron saint of explorers.  We're on our own.
"... It's a well documented fact that girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. Who would risk getting mud on that?" |
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LunarLumen
Location: Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
What Are You Looking At?
| | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 48 on 1/13/2008 6:37 AM >
| | | | Posted by Sugar&Spice
I usually wear clothes or have other clothes that I can change around to make myself look different. Handy when you need to not look like those people who just ran from the cops...
For the record, there is no patron saint of explorers. We're on our own.
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Yep, I usually wear clothes too when exploring  . There should also be an urgent requests to the Vatican to get a patron saint for urban explorers ASAP. If any group of people needs one, it's them!
I'm going hunting for mysteries. Where's my flashlight?
Don't Like Clowns who Vandalize, B&E, and Steal from Sites.
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KevinOger
Location: Raleighwood, NC
Gender: Male
| | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 49 on 1/23/2008 2:32 PM >
| | | | black military style ripstop cap, hoodie (if it's cold), cheap basic black gloves (the stretchy kind that are kind of like sock material), sturdy jeans or dickies work pants, small headlamp, belt size maglite (led upgrade in place), backpack, miniature flexible tripod, larger extendable tripod, camera, lens, camera remote trigger, bandanna, I.D., phone, sturdy pocketknife, respirator.
all of these things either fit in my pocket, on my body, or in my pack. If i get picked up I don't get flack because I don't have any "tools for breaking and entering" or "tools for arson". Having a fairly nice camera has actually gotten me out of one or two scrapes because it gives me a little more cred as something other than a vandal.
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joeyofnepal
Location: Memphis
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 50 on 2/8/2008 5:53 AM >
| | | | an extra pair of shoes and socks helps things go quite smoothly
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum. -Arthur C. Clarke |
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nohbdy
Gender: Male
| | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 52 on 2/8/2008 5:13 PM >
| | | | Posted by hydrotherapy
I've found that apparently a white lighter is decidedly unlucky if kept in one's car.
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is there a story with that?
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Aidan
Location: Tomball, TX
Gender: Male
| |  | | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 53 on 2/9/2008 5:11 AM >
| | | | Apparently my black velvet jacket will curse a site.
"And I ain't got no money now but I will pay before I die" |
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nomeus
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Location: FLA
Gender: Male
www.FLURBEX.com
| |  | | | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 54 on 2/9/2008 7:45 AM >
| | | | my fucking hat, duh! which now has been upgraded with a white owl feather and i always have this red pin on my suit jacket lappel that i got from the ______ house.
[last edit 2/9/2008 7:46 AM by nomeus - edited 1 times]
www.terraincognito.com
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LunarLumen
Location: Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
What Are You Looking At?
| | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 55 on 2/9/2008 1:50 PM >
| | | | Posted by Aidan
Apparently my black velvet jacket will curse a site.
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I always thought that wearing a black velvet jacket was good luck and very classy for all aspects of exploring. I need to get me one ASAP .
I'm going hunting for mysteries. Where's my flashlight?
Don't Like Clowns who Vandalize, B&E, and Steal from Sites.
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Aidan
Location: Tomball, TX
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 56 on 2/10/2008 9:09 AM >
| | | | Posted by LunarLumen
I always thought that wearing a black velvet jacket was good luck and very classy for all aspects of exploring. I need to get me one ASAP .
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I dunno, I got my uncle's one from the seventies, and so far I have worn it twice, and the first time i was unable to get onto the awesome patio that defined the whole building, even when I returned and managed to climb the exterior up to the right height, and the other time I got there and the place was leveled except for landscaping, a shed, and a treehouse.
"And I ain't got no money now but I will pay before I die" |
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\/adder
Location: DunkarooLand
Gender: Male
I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.
| | | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 57 on 2/22/2008 7:07 AM >
| | | | Posted by Hyoscine
I usually have at least a couple of those little disposable eye exam torches on me. At work we get sent more than we could possibly use, so, yeah. Nice as a Plan C light source. Also a little bit of fossilized wood I found on a beach once. That's of less practical use.
How did this white lighter thing come about?
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I've heard it was yellow lighters.
I carry a red green blue or black one on me. the white and yellow ones are the first to be chucked into the campfire lol
"No risk, no reward, no fun."
"Go all the way or walk away"
escensi omnis... |
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R.e.t
Location: Oakville/Burlington
| | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 58 on 2/22/2008 12:20 PM >
| | | | I always carry a WhiteLighter...
O_O
-R.e.t
- "There Is No Tommow!!!"
-Trudge-
- "Take only pictures Leave only shell casings" -"Rant, rant, don't do it, etc, rant, rant" |
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Foreveryseason
| | Re: Lucky Stuff (and other odd but useful equipment you bring)
<Reply # 59 on 2/22/2008 5:07 PM >
| | | | I bring:
Paper Towels
Scotch Tape
The paper towels are to dry wet shoes off, wipe away foot prints, etc. and the tape is to keep doors open inconspicuously, and tape zippers so they don't make noise.
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