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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Perhaps you might be interested in Urban Exploration.
It's what people call exploring abandoned spaces - missile silos, factories, housing complexes, subway and steam tunnels, etc.
I used to do it quite a bit when I was younger. |
Yeah, I had friends who did that in San Francisco. They were also into climbing tall structures that weren't abandoned, like the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate bridge. One night I'm sitting home and this one guy calls and says, "Want to climb Sutro Tower with me? I've done it before." Sutro Tower is that big spidery TV tower on top of a mountain in the middle of SF, and there were gangways inside the big hollow legs, so danger was minimal. So we were out there that very night. Unfortunately, we set off the perimeter alarm and had to skeddadle. So we explored a gigantic, abandoned temple instead, and later did an abandoned railroad hospital.
This guy had pictures of himself on top of the towers of every major bridge on the east and west coasts. All climbed illegally. He's now a respected local historian and preservationist -- and I'll let him stay that way! :-)