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Cfourexplore
Location: North Carolina Gender: Male Total Likes: 583 likes
Never a dull moment in Midworld.
| | | Re: Should I bring a weapon? < Reply # 7 on 3/28/2019 4:23 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | No...to many reasons not to. The best weapons (and quite legal) are your gut instincts, situational awareness, and the means to GTFO before it all goes to hell. Guns? No...I have a CCW permit; which can easily be revoked if I were ever caught carrying while in the commission of *ahem* urban exploring; not to mention what would happen if I had to use it. I do carry a pocketknife, but more as a tool than as anything else...I once knew a guy who was fond of saying, "Never pull a knife on someone unless you're sure you can digest it." I'll carry pepper spray, but mainly for pissed off animal encounters; and I suppose my $13.00 aluminium tripod might make an effective bludgeon...til it bends, or it gets taken away, or until the other guy is reduced to tears of laughter at my foolish antics. I've explored MANY locations since getting into this hobby (and have cancelled/bailed on a few when things looked too sketchy), and so far, I've never encountered anything that required more than leaving (and sometimes a bit of praying 😛). Mr. Bitey puts in his "2 cents" but you can't put a price on that kind of wisdom; it's not cowardice, it's preservation, plain and simple. I will add that I often carry snacks, a pack or two of cigs, and every so often a package of meat (for dogs) just in case I need a peace offering... Every situation is different, but in short, weapons only add the potential for more problems and grievous consequences. No set of awesome pics is worth taking a life, losing yours, or losing your freedom; especially when moving on was the safest and most obvious option. Good luck, happy and safe exploring!
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| | | | Re: Should I bring a weapon? < Reply # 9 on 3/28/2019 10:27 PM > | Reply with Quote
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Location: Las Vegas area Gender: Male Total Likes: 278 likes
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| | | Re: Should I bring a weapon? < Reply # 14 on 4/22/2019 10:15 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | What sounds like to you is nothing more than a cool-place to explore with some buddies for thrill & recreation is someone else's home. Kinda doesn't matter whether they too are trespassing, whether they're a drunken bum or what -- you're thinking about intruding into their sanctuary, which bad-luck & bad decisions have forced them to live in. That doesn't mean to drop your exploration plans, but to just please show some respect for squatters & let them maintain some sort of dignity. He/she/they are going to be more nervous than you -- are you a predator there to steal anything of semi-value they have & beat them-up, are you the owner of the property there to kick them out, are you another squatter who is willing & able to fight for possession of the property, or are you even just some big rat that they have to worry about biting while the squatter tries to sleep? All those concerns are much more realistic and have a long-term impact than your worry about chased out by some deranged homeless person. If you decide the property really is something that you have to explore, definitely go with other people, maybe have a couple large Mag-Light type flashlights amongst you, stay together, and announce your presence & your purpose as you walk around, asking for anyone else inside to call-out. Ideally, have a couple sealed plastic water bottles that you could give to any squatters in-exchange for them tolerating your brief disturbance.
But yeah, always keep in-mind that the structure you want to sneak & peek inside could be occupied by some very bad person or persons who don't have a problem hurting or killing you if you disrupt their activity.
I was poking around once in an abandoned house at an old military base in California & had a near altercation with a dude. He wasn't a big guy, but I got a weird vibe because of some of the things I saw inside the place that I assumed were his. I pretended that I just thought he was homeless & that I'd go to a different house to explore & I got the phuck out, got out of view of the house, & ran. Called the police, they responded & caught the guy, and it turned out he was an armed fugitive from Washington or Oregon, wanted for homicide & had probably been living in that old house for several weeks. /-/ooligan
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| Apollo Mey
Location: Atlanta TX Gender: Male Total Likes: 31 likes
It's all about the context!
| | | Re: Should I bring a weapon? < Reply # 15 on 4/22/2019 10:27 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by /-/ooligan What sounds like to you is nothing more than a cool-place to explore with some buddies for thrill & recreation is someone else's home. Kinda doesn't matter whether they too are trespassing, whether they're a drunken bum or what -- you're thinking about intruding into their sanctuary, which bad-luck & bad decisions have forced them to live in. That doesn't mean to drop your exploration plans, but to just please show some respect for squatters & let them maintain some sort of dignity. He/she/they are going to be more nervous than you -- are you a predator there to steal anything of semi-value they have & beat them-up, are you the owner of the property there to kick them out, are you another squatter who is willing & able to fight for possession of the property, or are you even just some big rat that they have to worry about biting while the squatter tries to sleep? All those concerns are much more realistic and have a long-term impact than your worry about chased out by some deranged homeless person. If you decide the property really is something that you have to explore, definitely go with other people, maybe have a couple large Mag-Light type flashlights amongst you, stay together, and announce your presence & your purpose as you walk around, asking for anyone else inside to call-out. Ideally, have a couple sealed plastic water bottles that you could give to any squatters in-exchange for them tolerating your brief disturbance.
But yeah, always keep in-mind that the structure you want to sneak & peek inside could be occupied by some very bad person or persons who don't have a problem hurting or killing you if you disrupt their activity.
I was poking around once in an abandoned house at an old military base in California & had a near altercation with a dude. He wasn't a big guy, but I got a weird vibe because of some of the things I saw inside the place that I assumed were his. I pretended that I just thought he was homeless & that I'd go to a different house to explore & I got the phuck out, got out of view of the house, & ran. Called the police, they responded & caught the guy, and it turned out he was an armed fugitive from Washington or Oregon, wanted for homicide & had probably been living in that old house for several weeks. /-/ooligan
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