Hi, I'm dtewsacrificial. I got into rock climbing and canyoneering about 6-or-so years ago, before I got into urbex. Even though I got a taste of urbex many years ago, I didn't actually start seriously pursuing it until last year, when I basically had a bad year for the outdoor sports. I haven't had a chance to apply my ropework for urbex, but tomorrow I'm making a set of long etriers for accessing a couple of exploration projects that would require it. And my bouldering abilities have come in fairly handy in the course of urbex. I'm considering dabbling in parkour to fortify my agility, as I do not consider myself naturally coordinated.

I too seem to have a strong instinctual fear of heights, but if I didn't... I probably wouldn't let myself do this.

Hi, I'm nonconmat. I have done just enough rope work to know that I really enjoy it -- still quite green, but learning.

Earlier this year, Steam and I encountered a 75 ft drop shaft in Portland's sewer system, at the bottom of which is the biggest sewer pipe in Portland, the 22 ft diameter CSO tunnel known as the Big Pipe. No ladder, and a big 45-degree ramp leading up to it, such that we couldn't even look down. That seemed insurmountable to me, but he just shrugged and said "we can rappel it". Sounded crazy at the time, but now that I've done a little rope work, my main concern about the plan is really just getting wet!

We practice on bridges and trestles. My only exploration on rope so far has been a rappel down a 160 ft deep Titan missile silo. I also had a go on a bridge rope swing set up by uliveandyouburn at SEAPEX -- that was a hell of a time.

Welcome! I saw the video and wished I was there to drop it with you guys. I grew up in southern Arizona and there was a ring of them around our city. If you were on the outskirts of town, you would often see the crews driving their blue Air Force trucks out to the sites to take the next "shift". I've never been in one and always wanted to see what is on the inside.

Yeah, learning rope techniques can really expand the areas that you can explore. It's not necessary for every explore, but when it's called for it's great to have. I explore old mines so we use ropes a lot!

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I was supposed to check out the big pipe s few years ago when I was in Portland visiting. Rinkers Revenge. and Noah Vale. got busy and have been kicking myself in the was ever since. good job. And where did you find a Titan I that wasn't flooded so you could reach bottom? Or were you one of the guys that Aaron Ni told me about in Washington? I got busted there by the please off owner and a cop at the front gate. I just missed the scrappers they busted by a few hours

Howdy. I'm superphoenix...and what's a rope?





Only experience where I needed rope has been with a few trees, an abandoned house where I needed to drop in from the second floor, and this one drain.

But honestly, I want to learn to rappel eventually and I should invest in a harness if I'm gonna do harder stuff. For now I just free solo.

Posted by junkyard And where did you find a Titan I that wasn't flooded so you could reach bottom?

Washington. It did have water in it, but it didn't seem like much. We couldn't see the bottom; the water came up to the top of the stairs, if you know how high those are ...

EDIT: See image below. The diagram on the left shows the stairs, at the very bottom, on "Face C". Only the top 3 or 4 feet of the stairs were above water. The main structure obviously wasn't there, but the structure on "Face C" for the elevator was.

Hello, I'm Lord Nikon, and I live in South Carolina.

I've been climbing for about 6 years now, the majority of it free solo climbing. I've been interested in roped ascents ever since DJ Craig introduced me to it a few years back, and I want to learn more about it. I'm especially interested in the mine/cave exploring side of things.

Posted by Lord Nikon Hello, I'm Lord Nikon, and I live in South Carolina. I've been climbing for about 6 years now, the majority of it free solo climbing. I've been interested in roped ascents ever since DJ Craig introduced me to it a few years back, and I want to learn more about it. I'm especially interested in the mine/cave exploring side of things.

Welcome!

If you were out here in the west I could point you to all kinds of mine exploring resources. Unfortunately I don't have any information about the southeast. I have always been interested in mines, but only in recent years have I jumped into exploring them. Can't hardly get enough.

Abby Normal

Posted by Lord Nikon I'm especially interested in the mine/cave exploring side of things.

We should carpool up to VA and visit Tick sometime! He does a bunch of iron mines.

Hey guys im Charles, while my brother is a more avid climber than I, ive been up and down all sorts of things since i was little. I dont get out on m own ropes as much as I'd like to, but i frequent the local rock gym whenever i have some free time. Rock climbing and rappelling have helped me overcome my fear of both heights and falling, so its a hobby I really appreciate!

Oh crap! Forgot to make an intro page, k, here goes:
Essentially, my name is Tastee, I've been into parkour almost as long as I've been into rock climbing, which is about seven years, so since I was about nine. I've never really done any real ropework until just recently when the height of things I climb suddenly grew when I moved to the big city. Anyways, I still do a whole lot of free solo and buildering, and It's probably the most useful skill I have for getting into places that are locked up tight on the bottom. I'm broken in the brain and love to be up high, so yeah. There's my late bio. Hope ya'll like.
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Hey. I'm as new to this as it gets: rappelled once (thanks DJ Craig!!)

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Anyway, I loved it and want to learn about rappelling/ropework so I can do it more.

Posted by Hotwired Heart Hey. I'm as new to this as it gets: rappelled once (thanks DJ Craig!!) click to view Anyway, I loved it and want to learn about rappelling/ropework so I can do it more.

Craig seems to have a nack for getting people hooked on rope work; I was interested in it before he 'showed me the ropes' but afterwards I went - a bit mental...


Gear by Detroit AdventureDog, on Flickr

Posted by AdventureDog Craig seems to have a nack for getting people hooked on rope work; I was interested in it before he 'showed me the ropes' but afterwards I went - a bit mental... http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8430/7612252088_9aa7ffa9fa_n.jpg Gear by Detroit AdventureDog, on Flickr

Haha, nice! I've got a notebook, guess that's a start

Posted by Hotwired Heart Hey. I'm as new to this as it gets: rappelled once (thanks DJ Craig!!) click to view Anyway, I loved it and want to learn about rappelling/ropework so I can do it more.

Welcome to the vertical world. Much better than the horizontal one...

Abby Normal

Posted by Hotwired Heart Haha, nice! I've got a notebook, guess that's a start

That's not a notebook! That's that book I was telling you about, "On Rope"!

Posted by AdventureDog Craig seems to have a nack for getting people hooked on rope work

This makes me really happy! I really love teaching it. Hey, did you ever find a solution for your rope pull-down system you were trying to create?

Posted by DJ Craig This makes me really happy! I really love teaching it. Hey, did you ever find a solution for your rope pull-down system you were trying to create?

We arborists have a few methods for doing this, and some pieces of gear designed just for it.

Might want to look around a bit before re-creating the wheel =P


Abby: the horizontal world *CAN* be quite a bit of fun as well =) hehe

Hotwired: Good to have you! Keep learning!

Posted by DJ Craig This makes me really happy! I really love teaching it. Hey, did you ever find a solution for your rope pull-down system you were trying to create?

We arborists have a few methods for doing this, and some pieces of gear designed just for it. Might want to look around a bit before re-creating the wheel =P

I was looking at some arborist techniques for placement as well as basic biner/knot blocks and should have everything sorted out - unfortunately some recent legal trouble has grounded me so I haven't been able to do anything more than practice in the park.

Posted by DJ Craig That's not a notebook! That's that book I was telling you about, "On Rope"!

Oh... haha! Back to square zero! Though I did order a copy of that book, just haven't gotten it yet.


Abby and Therrin, thanks for the welcome!