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tron_2.0
Location: Ohio Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 20 on 5/5/2011 1:57 PM >
| | | ##). Don't be afraid to ask. If you did your homework right, you should know who owns the property on which you are trespassing. Before you go off sneaking around trying to get into the building, just ask them if you can see it. It never hurts to ask, and FWIW I have gotten access to countless buildings just by bullshitting with the property manager.
[quote][i]Posted by yokes[/i] I find your lack of coziness.... disturbing. [/quote] |
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NiiCKx3
Location: W.V.
| | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 21 on 5/8/2011 3:20 AM >
| | | Posted by tron_2.0 ##). Don't be afraid to ask. If you did your homework right, you should know who owns the property on which you are trespassing. Before you go off sneaking around trying to get into the building, just ask them if you can see it. It never hurts to ask, and FWIW I have gotten access to countless buildings just by bullshitting with the property manager.
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My thought based on no experience only thinking is that if you ask and someone says no its worse than not asking and just not being allowed. But since you have a red six and I have a white one under my name, you think otherwise..?
Less breaking, more entering -- *tells cop we're taking pictures* "OF WUUUUT?!" |
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barefootpoetry
Location: PA Gender: Female
| | | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 22 on 5/8/2011 3:47 AM >
| | | IME, better to beg forgiveness than ask permission. Every time I've asked I've been denied. I only ask if I absolutely can't get into the building any other way. In which case, it is usually not meant to be.
She who hesitates, sees bulldozers. |
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WEKurtz
Location: Western MA Gender: Male
| | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 23 on 5/8/2011 9:47 AM >
| | | Post by barefootpoetry IME, better to beg forgiveness than ask permission. Every time I've asked I've been denied. I only ask if I absolutely can't get into the building any other way. In which case, it is usually not meant to be. |
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Weirdlig
Gender: Female
| | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 24 on 5/10/2011 3:22 AM >
| | | Eat and sleep, simple as that. I'm poor and excitable. Sometimes when I'm wicked hyped for an urbex the next day I can't sleep...so I try to take a natural sleep aid like melatonin earlier in the night. Good food is important. I once went to a site that required a half hour hike and a ton of challenging entry attempts on a cup of coffee and an english muffin with nothing on in due to no funding. I didn't get in and felt like I was gonna die half the day. Fuck that. Take care of yourself before you go.
http://www.flickr....irdlingphotography |
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shotgun mario
Location: MSP Gender: Male
MSP Elite™ Card-Carrying Member
| | | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 25 on 5/10/2011 4:09 AM >
| | | 1. Keep your gear close. Opportunities come quick and randomly, as do problematic situations. 2. Check for cameras and prying eyes before you do something. 3. There's always a way in. 4. Constantly be aware of your surroundings and where you've been. You never know when you'll be in a race to the exit. 5. Assess the situation. Head for to the roof first. 6. Check windows. Often. 7. Paranoia runs rampant. Squash before it's too big. 8. No matter what happens, don't lose your cool. 9. Be comfortable with you team members to the point that you can read their body language. 10. You're only as fast, smart, quiet, or small as your least-feasible team member. 11. Don't consider your mission successful until the next group to go there after you makes it out safe. 12. Shit can come back to haunt you. Keep your ego under control. 13. After a full night of exploring, everything in the real world gets the volume turned down. Nothing can piss you off. Your word is law, and if other people break that law or question you, even that doesn't piss you off.[/i]
If you want to protect the locations you love to explore, don't talk about them online in public! If you want to make exploring friends, send people private messages! Meet up in real life! Get off the internet! Don't try to have a UER e-penis! You won't impress anyone! This especially means you, Minneapolis MN newbies! |
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MindHacker
Location: Suburbs of DC Gender: Male
If you spot a terrorist arrow, pin it to the wall with your shoulder.
| | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 26 on 6/3/2011 4:42 AM >
| | | Tape (or bandaids), water, and a flash light. Easy, but until I put together a dedicated bag I forgot one of them every time. Don't admit anything to cops, but don't be a dick about it. Take newbs somewhere low-risk until you know how they act/react.
"That's just my opinion. I would, however, advocate for explosive breaching, since speed and looking cool are both concerns in my job."-Wilkinshire |
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\/adder
Location: DunkarooLand Gender: Male
I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.
| | | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 27 on 6/3/2011 6:22 AM >
| | | 1. Poop before & Bring TP 2. Bring lots of h2o 3. zip lock bags are a lifesaver and take up almost zero space and weight
"No risk, no reward, no fun." "Go all the way or walk away" escensi omnis... |
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Weirdlig
Gender: Female
| | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 28 on 6/3/2011 12:11 PM >
| | | Posted by MindHacker Don't admit anything to cops, but don't be a dick about it.
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I come up with a not-nearly-as-bad-excuse ahead of time just in case. "My girlfriend is in art college and needed a few pictures for a project, I've never done anything like this before!!" It's better than "Well it's my day off and I haven't been in an asylum since the 17th of last month"
http://www.flickr....irdlingphotography |
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Aleksandar
Location: United States Gender: Male
your darkest shadow, my oldest friend; the world's become ashes, this is the end.
| | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 29 on 6/3/2011 7:00 PM >
| | | 1. If you see someone, immediately attack with furious intensity 2. ALWAYS wear full camouflage and body armor 3. Keep the legs of your camera tripod fully sharpened for maximum stabbing and armor penetration 4. Be prepared to scavenge and hunt in order to survive during your mission 5. Before leaving for your mission, soak in gasoline all maps and related materials (classified information, lists of code words) so that you can immediately destroy them if capture seems imminent
Freedom breeds war; and Peace, slavery. So it shall be forevermore: Men who love freedom buy it with their lives, and lovers of peace with their freedom. |
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Fl1k3r
Gender: Male
| | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 30 on 6/3/2011 8:10 PM >
| | | Posted by Aleksandar 1. If you see someone, immediately attack with furious intensity 2. ALWAYS wear full camouflage and body armor 3. Keep the legs of your camera tripod fully sharpened for maximum stabbing and armor penetration 4. Be prepared to scavenge and hunt in order to survive during your mission 5. Before leaving for your mission, soak in gasoline all maps and related materials (classified information, lists of code words) so that you can immediately destroy them if capture seems imminent
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+1 also, cyanide capsule hidden in a false tooth in case of capture by hostile security or police
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves." |
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Breach
Location: Louisville, KY Gender: Male
| | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 31 on 6/12/2011 1:09 PM >
| | | Posted by Buffalonian
What's a fleshlight? jk. jk. http://farm2.stati...691_87a29f3a43.jpg I love the build your own examples, though. Through I have to say .. that picture is just creepy in SOOO many ways if you look at it long enough.
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is it just me, or does the poster behind Creepy Fleshlight Guy have a nekkid guy wearing swimfins and showing his wang???
"I set the bar high, it makes it easier to sneak under." -J.D. Jenkins |
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TheJournalist
Location: Germany Gender: Male
the world has moved on
| | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 32 on 6/14/2011 1:14 PM >
| | | Posted by Captain_Slow 9) DON'T TALK TO THE MEDIA; EVER.
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And what if you are part of "the media" and still love UE?
Love what you did with the place!!! |
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Captain_Slow The infamous Buttram Manfist
Location: Dallas, Tx Gender: Male
Obviously capable of mediocre things.
| | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 33 on 6/14/2011 4:26 PM >
| | | Posted by TheJournalist
And what if you are part of "the media" and still love UE?
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Then you're not to be trusted :p The ratio of journalists who will blow it out of proportion and make explorers out to be no good to honest journalists is high enough it's best to err on the side of caution.
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SaintGonzo
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (downtown) Gender: Male
| | | | | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 34 on 6/14/2011 8:37 PM >
| | | 0) Take only pictures leave only footprints 1) Always wear quality footwear 2) Never go it alone 3) Better to be over-prepared than under 4) That sound you heard, it wasn't what the paranoid guy thinks it is. 5) Always be kind to fellow explorers you meet 6) It's not about the ego, a good site will make you feel awe and forget about yourself 7) If you don't trust every member of your team with your life, get a new team 8) Never stop planning, be thinking 5 moves ahead 9) If there's no power, don't assume there are no cameras 10) Love the night, love history, love the beauty of decay
Perfection Cherchante Toujours; Ne Jamais Mourir. |
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paulpa This member has been banned. See the banlist for more information.
Location: Canuckistan Gender: Male
Part-time troll
| | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 35 on 6/14/2011 11:57 PM >
| | | 0) Never trust ANY address posted in the forums, they will almost always lead into traps that get stupid newbies arrested.
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Lambda
Location: Rhode Island Gender: Male
| | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 36 on 6/15/2011 2:08 AM >
| | | These are a couple of important things I've learned, for exploration and other life situations: Trust in your skills and judgement. Don't second-guess yourself. Along those lines, work to develop skills and judgement that you know you can trust. And perhaps above all, always, ALWAYS hold on to your curiosity.
Doing asbestos I can |
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TheJournalist
Location: Germany Gender: Male
the world has moved on
| | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 37 on 6/15/2011 7:26 AM >
| | | Posted by Captain_Slow
Then you're not to be trusted :p The ratio of journalists who will blow it out of proportion and make explorers out to be no good to honest journalists is high enough it's best to err on the side of caution.
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i see where you're going. but not all journalists are constant story hunters. we tend to have a private life to. and if there is one thing i learnt throughout life it's "what happens in vegasm, stays in vegas. for your own good".
Love what you did with the place!!! |
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siper
Location: SF, CA Gender: Male
"His hand upon her breast, he knew today meant death."
| | | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 38 on 7/23/2011 12:41 AM >
| | | 1. Tecnu doesn't do a fuckin' thing. Zanfel is the only poison oak/ivy cure. 2. Bring rubbing alcohol/water mix in a spray bottle to easily wash your hands before getting in your vehicle. Also, shed extra layers. If you've got nasty shit/mold on you, you'll want to keep that in the trunk of your car. 3. Always wear pants, hat, and good shoes; you never know what you're getting into. 4. Don't die.
Want to improve your photography? Flickr |
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Weirdlig
Gender: Female
| | Re: Urban Exploration: Assembling a Top-10 UE Life Skills/Lessons List <Reply # 39 on 7/23/2011 1:46 AM >
| | | I acknowledged something important on a recent urbex to an industrial park. NEVER EVER EVER fuck with the water. Don't get it on you, try to avoid going near it, don't walk through most water that might get into your shoes. This place had a number of bright orange rectangular troughs of water. One the of the ones that honestly looked less sinister in color had two dead adult birds in it. This means these birds landed in the water to drink and bathe--and died before they could leave. The water is lethal within a couple of minutes to small creatures. Especially with industrial sites, don't even get close to the water. It's always bad...just much less bad in other places.
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