Urban Exploration- Where have you been?

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Originally Posted by RetroAuto

Sorry Tony, as I started to read your first posting for some strange reason I thought you were going to mention Ninja Turtles

How would you communicate with the outside world in the event of an emergency?

I did used to be a teenager, probably a mutant also.

Being a teenager at that time, the thought of an emergency never really came into the equation and although i look back on it and think "bit dodgy" perhaps? it certainly didnt feel it at the time.
Probably the deep land drain one had the capacity for most harm, purely for the depth if you lost a grip, but self preservation tends to make you hang on with quite some tenacity.

I actually learned quite a lot about self control, especially the control of panic when faced with a confined space and uncertain situation whilst doing the drains.
You tend to maybe get a panic attack at first if youre unused to the dark and confinement and it takes a few seconds to stop yourself from "running away" and doing the headless chicken thing which is by far and away more dangerous as thats when youll likely make a bigger mistake.
My method for controlling it was to simply sit there in the dark, listening to the sounds and breathing easy.
Making yourself be deliberate when getting a handhold on the way out is very necessary also as its far and away too easy to start rushing to get out of there.

If i was to get back into doing that kind of thing nowadays id definitely not go in alone or without anyone else knowing where id gone, plus id make sure i was well equipped, just in case.
I wont do outside heights(towers or cranes etc) and i wont do mines or shafts or caverns....too unstable and potential for plenty of nasty ways for a demise in my opinion.
Im far more intrigued by long forgotten man made places.