Urban Infiltration

[djOKIBI]

Anyone else out here get a kick out of exploring tunnels, drains, and abandoned buildings?
There's a huge community of explorers on the Urban Exploration Resource (Urban Exploration Resource: Welcome to the Urban Exploration Resource!) who are more than willing to share tips, and hints at locations.

Here's some shots from a recent excursion to the "Hall of Wonders" aka the "Hall of Mediocre Graffiti."








Note: This tunnel was in no way connected to a sewer system.
It carries a creek underneath a major road-section, before surfacing again near a golf course.
Water samples taken inside find it to be almost as clean as tap water (not that tap water in the CRD is clean, haha.)

[lildonkey]

I believe the term is urban exploration... and it fascinates the hell out of me

[djOKIBI]

Originally Posted by lildonkey

I believe the term is urban exploration... and it fascinates the hell out of me

The author of Access All Areas calls it by several names.

Wikipedia defines it as:
Urban exploration (often shortened as urbex or UE) is the examination of the normally unseen or off-limits parts of human civilization. Urban exploration is also commonly referred to as infiltration, although some people consider infiltration to be more closely associated with the exploration of active or inhabited sites. In the USA, it may also be referred to as "draining" (when exploring drains) "urban spelunking", and "urban caving", "vadding", "building hacking", "Reality hacking" or "roof and tunnel hacking".

So, both terms are equally correct. :)
And it's good to see I'm not the only one interested in it.

[lildonkey]

thanks for that link btw.. amazing stuff...

arghh i wish i remembered the name of this guy i used to talk to on ice.org

the guy was nuts... he lived in the states and did some AMAZING work.. he would drop down with ropes into old abandoned mines and everything.... he would go ANYWHERE... and was a great photographer

[djOKIBI]

Originally Posted by lildonkey

thanks for that link btw.. amazing stuff...

arghh i wish i remembered the name of this guy i used to talk to on ice.org

the guy was nuts... he lived in the states and did some AMAZING work.. he would drop down with ropes into old abandoned mines and everything.... he would go ANYWHERE... and was a great photographer

No problem.

Do, you have any pictures from the guy in the states?
Sounds like he hit up some pretty crazy places.

[Chewy]

its fun to explore old abandoned places. but you never know who or what is inside.

[lildonkey]

found the name... quantum-x

Welcome to iCE.org!

[djOKIBI]

Amazing, he's got some killer shots in there.
Big ups for the link.

I'm researching a few more locations to hit up around Victoria, I'll be sure to post pictures as I explore more.
:)

[Chewy]

lots of sweet pics on that site, makes me want to go do it to

[lildonkey]

Originally Posted by Chewy

lots of sweet pics on that site, makes me want to go do it to

I know... it's like watching a football movie...

"damn..... i wanna be a football player... maybe i can!!!" haha

or a mafia movie.... etc etc :)

[jono]

Robyn and I did this in a Wal-Mart. I used my social engineering skills to get by the greeter. It was pretty extreme.