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 aurelie
     
Location: pacific northwest
Gender: Female
high tech:: low life.
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< on 9/21/2009 10:27 PM >
|  | | | Last weekend myself, DJ Craig, AnAppleSnail, Mascarah and a local non-uer explorer took an epic road trip to camp out in an abandoned post-nuclear wasteland. It was exhausting and most difficult, but well worth it.
I experienced one through five of the five most difficult climbs of my life.
This was mainly due to my reaction to the phrase "well, THAT looks like a way up, but it would be suicide." That and "but nobody's been brave enough to try THAT way" are the sincerest form of invitation.
A series of unfortunate yet fun decisions (involving climbing out the window of a tower and on to a narrow ledge, up a "ladder" of rusted rebar and across a very long, very high i-beam) I realized that I basically trapped myself on the roof. Oh, I found a way down. But not after taking pictures, of course.
Shortly after that, I met up with the rest of the group and we set off on an even more epic adventure: scaling the massive cooling tower.
This was, without a doubt, the most terrifying climb of my life. DJ Craig was smart and brought a makeshift rope and harness contraption that he hooked along the ladder every couple of feet. But for myself and the other explorer, it was hundreds of feet of uncaged, windy, sloped fun.
i stopped at the landings to regain my bearings and note the fact that my photos of the ground were beginning to look like aerial photos. The sheer size of this thing was absolute staggering. After a long and dizzying climb, we reached the top only to be confronted by the harsh winds and drizzle of an oncoming storm. That, and the trucks that had suddenly began circling the complex in a manner that suggested that they were definitely patrolling it.
With threats of lightning and trespassing charges at our heels, we had to rush down the ladder without stopping at the landings, and then meet the rest of our group on the ground before running back to our camp to hide.
Thankfully, we managed to make the long trek back out to the car that night without incident. Spending one night sleeping on concrete and broken glass amidst the various echoing booms and crashes of crumbling industry was enough for us.
All in all, an amazing trip.
reckless thoughts abide; anachronistic and impulsive.
loosely jacketed against the cold and ten thousand worlds for the choosing. |
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injektilo
 
Location: The Northeast
Gender: Male
Ride or Die
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<Reply # 1 on 9/21/2009 10:31 PM >
| | | | Epic!
If I was really created in God’s image then when God was a boy he wanted to grow up to be a man, a good man, and when God was a man, a good man, he started telling the truth in order to get honest responses. |
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metawaffle
 
King of Puns
Location: Brisbane!
Gender: Male
Purveyor of Fine Lampshades
| | | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 2 on 9/21/2009 10:38 PM >
| | | | The shots from the ladder, looking upward, are fantastic, Aurelie!
http://www.longexposure.net |
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RenegadeOfFunk
Location: Boston, MA
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 3 on 9/21/2009 10:44 PM >
|  | | | Wow, that looks like an amazing climb and view!
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kts
Location: Laurel, MD
Gender: Male
LOL WAT?
| | | | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 4 on 9/21/2009 10:48 PM >
| | | | Posted by metawaffle
The shots from the ladder, looking upward, are fantastic, Aurelie!
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+1 to this.
SERIOUS BUSINESS - proud member of the 2nd legitimate Baltimore urbex crew that exists. |
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bouncewiggle
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Female
| | | | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 5 on 9/21/2009 10:48 PM >
| | | | The colors of the rust and everything there are wonderful.
I love the picture looking up through the ladder guard to the top of the tower. Definitely my favorite. =)
Sad that I didn't get to go with you guys. But next time! And this is definitely a place that requires a camera. And climbing. It just begs to be crawled all over.
"bouncewiggle, now more entertaining than Jell-O" |
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Hlywud
Location: Lethbridge, AB
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 6 on 9/21/2009 10:55 PM >
| | | | Wow! These are amazing
Ambivalent? Well yes and no |
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argonian
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Female
"Now with added cats!"
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<Reply # 7 on 9/21/2009 10:57 PM >
| | | | I am jealous.
Que pasa, baby? |
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Air
Location: Great White South
| | | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 8 on 9/21/2009 11:04 PM >
| | | | That shot looking down is spellbinding. You have to wonder what motivated them to take the caged portion up a bit up and then install that anti-climb device over an exposed ladder. They should have had it like that from the bottom.
A real EPIC trip!
"The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist |
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AnAppleSnail
Location: Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
| | | | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 9 on 9/21/2009 11:58 PM >
| | | | I'm beat and haven't been editing at the rate I should. Nevertheless, enjoy a super-fisheye.
This thread's public lol...
Edit:
Tomorrow I'm gonna put full size up on flickr just for fun. Rent a planetarium and show your friends!
Edit2:
UePhotography: Sure it's just a shiny bauble, but what do you think of the crystal ball effect?
EDIT: Removed bad image link
[last edit 9/22/2009 3:30 PM by Opheliaism - edited 3 times]
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TROGDOR
Gender: Male
| | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 10 on 9/22/2009 12:07 AM >
| | | | Wow, outstanding stuff, epic indeed. A few really great photos in there, too.
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Avius
Location: Washington DC / NOVA
Gender: Male
Wow you guys!
| | | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 11 on 9/22/2009 12:08 AM >
| | | | TOP NOTCH. That cooling tower is MASSIVE.
I said it, before, and I'll say it again: I hate myself for not coming on this trip. Keep me posted if any of you head back out!
In places forgotten, tread where you will. -=- http://www.flickr.com/photos/avius/ |
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DevilC
Location: Washington, District of Corruption
Gender: Male
I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their views.
| | | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 12 on 9/22/2009 12:11 AM >
| | | | Great set.
Nice to see something new and exciting.
Posted by aurelie
All in all, an amazing trip.
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Science flies you to the Moon. Religion flies you into tall buildings. |
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Louie
| | | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 13 on 9/22/2009 12:27 AM >
| | | | WOW! Im going to strap up my jetpack and head over there now...
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desmet
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
| | | | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 14 on 9/22/2009 12:36 AM >
| | | | Fuckin SICK. Great shots too. What more can be said?
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Chad479
Location: Detroit, MI
Gender: Male
| | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 16 on 9/22/2009 1:05 AM >
| | | | Wow, just the photo's make me queasy. Great work!
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critter
| | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 17 on 9/22/2009 2:10 AM >
| | | | Nice pictures! I believe these are the best ones I've seen from there. What are you shooting with?
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Switch_
Location: Orlando, Florida
Gender: Male
| |  | | | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 18 on 9/22/2009 2:15 AM >
| | | | Wow, those shots are amazing! I definitely wouldn't have climbed those without a safety rope, though.
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AnAppleSnail
Location: Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
| | | | Re: Government Spiders
<Reply # 19 on 9/22/2009 2:35 AM >
| | | | Posted by critter
Nice pictures! I believe these are the best ones I've seen from there. What are you shooting with?
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Anyone been there long enough ago to confirm a question about that reactor sitting on top of the roof of unit 2?
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