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 Axle
      
Location: Milton, ON
Gender: Male
Sieg oder Tod
 |  | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 20 on 9/28/2009 8:55 PM >
|  | | | I found an abandoned house in Winter of 2005, I went in, was chased out by a squirrel. I continued to do houses without knowing that other people did it also.
Then I found Infiltration while doing searches on abandoned subway stations, then UER.
First meet was Dec 2005, we went to Hearn.
I was hooked.
Celer at Audax
Para la Victoria Siempre Alemanes! |
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hydrotherapy
 
Clever Girl
Location: Circle of Least Confusion
RPS is inside all of us
| |  | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 21 on 9/28/2009 8:56 PM >
| | | | Posted by Axle
I found an abandoned house in Winter of 2005, I went in, was chased out by a squirrel.
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UER points +10
Get down, girl, go 'head, get down. |
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PhotoSeeker
Location: Sudbury
Gender: Male
MikeOnline
| | | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 22 on 9/28/2009 9:44 PM >
| | | | What is this "urban exploration" of which you speak?
Lots of Urban Exploration goodness at https://urbexobsession.com |
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octopus7
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Gender: Male
| | | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 23 on 9/28/2009 10:21 PM >
| | | | I guess I started exploring things when I was a kid with my best friend. We used to ride our bikes all over Port Melbourne and go into some of the abandoned factories etc, because to us they seemed creepy and we thought we were brave for going in them. Our most daring thing we did was climb halfway up an absolutely massive power pylon (anyone from Melbourne here will know the huge red and white pylons I am talking about on the banks of the Yarra river) the pylons are about 20 stories high and we got halfway up mass of catwalks and enclosed ladders. My mate then chickened out on me cause he thought the cops might see us, so we climbed back down again (note to self go back and climb it properly and take photos this time!).
It wasn't until this year that I started to get back into UE again. Went into some drains and was hooked hopelessly. It was then that myself and man_underground (who I knew from another forum) decided to start up a group on Flickr called M.C.D.P or Melbourne city drain painters a light painting photography group. Our group took off quickly and now he have a terrific small group who meet up once a week to explore and take photos.
Here is our group if anyone is interested in what we do.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/mcdp/
Am hoping that in the future I get to visit the UK and go into London's famous sewers as well as many other places.
Melbourne City Drain painters - We go in Drains!
"darkness is our canvas, light is our medium"
http://www.flickr.com/groups/mcdp |
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JackAttack
Location: Brantingham, NY
Gender: Male
| | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 24 on 9/28/2009 10:33 PM >
| | | | I was conned into going to Bennett College one night with a bunch of friends. Being the 14 year old's we were.. We all pussied out. I came back to it during the day with one other friend and once I was inside I could not stop exploring. I still go there every once in awhile to see how she's holding up, or lack of..
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shadowedsmile
Location: Northwestern Ontario
Gender: Female
mines always on the mind
| | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 25 on 9/29/2009 12:25 AM >
| | | | I didn't "find out" about it - it was something I'd been doing for a number of years. It was only this year when I discovered this website that there was a name attached to it for me. Until that point a few months ago, I had just referred to it as "a thing for abandoned buildings...I dunno, if I see one I want to check it out and take some pictures..."
It wasn't something I "found out about" and then took it up as a hobby. It's just been something I've done since I was able to wander around by myself, and went up from there when I got my license.
"Adventure is the respectful pursuit of trouble." - Expedition Overland |
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Loki
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Gender: Male
| | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 26 on 9/29/2009 1:33 AM >
| | | | I found out about exploring through the Cave Clan's aggressive marketing tactics.
Wank | Wank | Wank | Wank | Wank | Wank |
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logtec
Location: Logtec is the UER representative for Scarborough, Ontario.
Gender: Male
Nice head, what's in the bag?
| | | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 27 on 9/29/2009 3:42 AM >
| | | | as a kid i went into an abandoned house in my neighborhood, because my friend said that the lady who lived there was probably dead inside and i need to check it out. i ended up taking so long(exploring) inside, my friend had ran away to get help(from our other stupid friends) thinking the lady had caught and killed me.
They say "you can't judge a book by its cover!" I say "YES you can, if the cover has a girl on it with a cock in her mouth, its PORN!" if she's 18 and the cock is black, its GREAT porn! |
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rascal
Location: Sydney
Gender: Female
Miss Fatal Risk
| | | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 28 on 9/29/2009 12:45 PM >
| | | | When I was younger and meant to be in class my friends and I would hang out in the stormwater drains near the Lakes park, houses still under construction or on the roof of the community sports centre (anywhere parents and teachers couldn't find us). Wagging school, 'urbexing' and painting were a normal pastime for us.
After I left school, I urbexed to find cool graff and to escape stress. Then, one day the beauty of the buildings started overwhelming the graffiti. I met somebody through a work friend and discovered they do the same thing as me and that's when I discovered the technical term for what I'd been doing.
“The most challenging aspect is the flatness. We need to create positive drainage.” - Bayard Dominick |
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DJ Craig
 
Moderator
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
| |  | | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 29 on 9/30/2009 11:08 AM >
| | | | I had a crush on a girl who said it would be cool to go into this local abandoned building. So I started doing research and found UE. Before I actually went in there with her, I had read Access All Areas and spent many, many hours researching UE and that particular building online.
Mind you, I did do a few UE-esque things before that. Did an abandoned ("haunted") house with some older (high) teenagers when I was about 13...and explored the tunnels under a large active astronomy research facility built during the cold war. That last one was nowhere near as ninja as it sounds though. I had legit access to the buildings; just not the tunnels.
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess |
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dsankt
Location: live and in the fresh
| | | | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 30 on 9/30/2009 11:14 AM >
| | | | Posted by metawaffle
I wonder how many of us ended up in cranes or drains via that man's photos?
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What a champ!
sleepycity.net: watch out for the third rail baby, that shit is high voltage. urbex and urban exploration photography |
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TacDical
Location: Anywhere Everywhere
Who know's what's below
| | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 31 on 9/30/2009 11:15 PM >
| | | | about 13 14 years ago as a little kid i lifted a manhole grate and havent been able to stay out since also have explored anything abandon or interesting since, found this site while i was researching the tunnels under victoria bc
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained we must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature.
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coolhand J
Location: Buffalo
Gender: Male
| | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 32 on 10/1/2009 4:18 AM >
| | | | I started when i was real young. My friend moved out of his house so i went over and climbed through the window. I waked around inside then climbed up to the roof for a better view of the neighborhood. Not until last month, when i met up with the rochester crew, did i even know there was a name for this or other people who did it.
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Ansion
Location: BC, Canada
Gender: Male
The same, except different.
| | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 33 on 10/1/2009 5:27 AM >
| | | | I don't even remember this anymore, but apparently when I first learned to ride a bike, I took off down the road & into an abandoned winery at the end of the block - my mom was freaked & couldn't find me for a little while. Or so she always tells me. It's just in my blood. lol Anyway, I've been fascinated with exploring abandoned/forgotten places for as long as I can remember. I've always lived in rural areas (until very recently, anyway) so I was always into old derelict farms & stuff like that. I see all these urban settings you guys post in here & get jealous at how much potential you have, so close to home. heh But then again, I tend to favour out-of-the-way places anyway - having a desolate rural backdrop takes the cake IMO. Only problem is everything is far away, unlike in the city.
Cheers. :]
"Explore thyself." ~ Henry David Thoreau
"...and abandoned stuff & things that look neat." ~ Ansion |
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pNINJAz
Location: St. Paul MN
Gender: Male
Momento Mori
| |  | | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 34 on 10/1/2009 9:14 AM >
| | | | It must be a disorder i guess. Looking back ive always been exploring things, just getting progressively more daring since i was a kid. I remember WANTING to exploring things but not being allowed too. i think the first abandoned building i explored was this old barn by my moms house, it was filled with dead cats ( yeesh!)
I didnt know anything "formal" exploration up until this summer,when i was out of school and was suddenly bored, i spent my days looking around and then i found a drain to snoop in. and then progressively found more and more things to look around in. I think the major turning point for me was when i went into a nice local " beer factory which shall not be named..." and was fascinated by the hunks of machinery and roof access of course so i looked up " st paul urban exploration" on google, and found action squads site. IT was a real eye opener. ive been at it ever since. Sometime after that my partner in NOTCRIME found this forum and thats that!
Wherever you go, go with all your heart. |
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geoff5093
Location: New Hampshire
Gender: Male
| | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 35 on 10/1/2009 11:18 AM >
| | | | I always liked checking out old buildings and cemeteries, but I never actually knew it was called urban exploring, until I found this site.
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Trap
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Gender: Male
Son, I am disappoint
| | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 36 on 10/3/2009 5:11 AM >
| | | | I saw some pictures of some really wicked abandoned structures on an Image board and the term "Urban Exploration" So I Wiki'd it and then bought Access All Areas and have been hooked ever since... My first explore was an old storm sewer
Posted by Send4Help:
ITS EIGHT FUCKING THIRTY!!
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Carrier_X
Location: Boston MA
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 37 on 10/7/2009 3:44 PM >
| | | | I found out about Urban Exploration through one of my friends in high school after he showed my Opacity, which immediately grabbed my attention. I was looking out for any places that I could go and photograph on my own ever since. However I got more into it after my freshman year roommate Dynastar666 showed me UER, and the rest just unfolded.
"I run with the hunted and if I’m not the happiest man on earth I’m surely the luckiest man alive." |
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rivermyst
Location: Hamilton, ON
Gender: Male
| | | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 38 on 10/8/2009 12:13 AM >
| | | | A few years ago, I had just discovered the wonders of the internet, and I happened upon Infiltration, I think through stumbleupon. I also went to deviantart alot (not just for the nudes), and started to enjoy photos of abandonments. But why live vicariously through someone else's pictures, when I could do it myself? I googled like a madman to find out places nearby (Not having a license blows), and ended up here. I lurked for a while, and made this account to read the DB. Which wasn't very helpful to me after all, I ended up looking for my own local stuff anyway.
[I forgot that I had an account until today when I tried to register and found my username already taken...]
And that's how I ended up where I am now.
To see some really bad cliché photos, go to http://flickr.com/mutagen |
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Fallenunder
Location: Riverside, RI USA
Gender: Male
| | | Re: How did you find out about urban exploration
<Reply # 39 on 10/8/2009 5:00 AM >
|  | | | I've always had a fascination about abandoned structures.
But, I guess it would start with popular "haunted" locations around my area.
I would say it started with ghost hunting, I've been doing it since I was 12, with my older cousins/friends. I'm 19 now, so I'd say I have about 7 years experience.
Since then I've been to different places, but I've yet to get into anything "big". Norwich in Connecticut is what I have been wanting to go for the longest time.
Recently I have been to the Ladd center in Rhode Island earlier this year.
I haven't been doing any urbex recently, working and what not. anywho I'd love to do something in the near future.
Urban Exploration, My Anti-drug. |
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