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I see the parent post downvoted, but I don't see why. Indeed, that was my first thought when I saw the title, and since it's a very long read, I just ctrl+f "d
by riffraff 7y ago
I see the parent post downvoted, but I don't see why.
Indeed, that was my first thought when I saw the title, and since it's a very long read, I just ctrl+f "danger", which doesn't come up once.
When I was a kid, I went into abandoned houses, churches, private land, and on a few occasions I crawled into old etruscan tombs looking for interesting bits (bits of broken vases, coins and such).
It was very fun, and also very stupid, and I count myself lucky that nothing ever happened to me.
One should be mindful when deciding to break into unmaintained areas, rather than charge in with a the hope of getting a nice instagram picture yelling "YOLO!".
- jandrese 7y agoI'm actually curious how many people are injured during "urbex" type activities? It might be a little harder to figure this out than you'd expect because the statistics would also likely count the homeless person that breaks into a warehouse and ODs. While the people are definitely in a more dangerous environment than usual, they are also likely to be on guard for hazards so I'm guessing the number of people actually hurt/killed doing these activities is very small.
- slavik81 7y agoThere was quite a sad case here recently. A midnight bobsled run. They'd done it before. It was great fun and relatively safe. What they didn't know was that this time the track had been set up for luge. The luge entrance blocked the bobsled track with a big metal gate, and they slammed into it at high speed. I occasionally went places I shouldn't have when I was a kid, but there's definitely risks to doing so. It's pretty hard to know what you're getting yourself into. https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/mobile/trespassing-tobogganing-teens-perish-on-canada-olympic-park-s-bobsled-track-1.2767457 https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/mobile/trespassing-tobogganing-te...