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> No one is planning to do that. Filling entry points with concrete Filling is mostly to reinforce zones threatened by collapse. Entrances are secured mostly b
by liotier 3y ago
> No one is planning to do that. Filling entry points with concrete
Filling is mostly to reinforce zones threatened by collapse. Entrances are secured mostly by sawing off the ladder rungs and welding the manhole covers.
> ambiance" was not as romantic as you might think from reading the article
Romantic to people who enjoy mud !
> cataphiles were very hostile to other visitors
The small groups who go down to party in what they consider their own private space can indeed be a bit noxious, with reactions such as lighting up smoke generating fireworks to drown the a bit of the network... I won't forget the adventure of finding our ways with one foot visibility.
- johncoltrane 3y agoI remember seeing a popular entrance on the PC sealed with concrete a couple of times in those days… only for the cataphiles to dig up a new one a couple meters away.
- liotier 3y agoWow, hat is a new development - it had always been left as a "safety valve" to let tourists access from that unchallenging part of the network... But yes, the low gallery goes all along the Petite Ceinture tunnel, only a brick layer away !
- johncoltrane 3y ago> Wow, hat is a new development That was in 94-95.
- liotier 3y agoMy catacombs era was around 2000-2020 - so I've only know that entrance after it was reopened
- pyrale 3y ago> Filling is mostly to reinforce zones threatened by collapse. Entrances are secured mostly by sawing off the ladder rungs and welding the manhole covers. They started using concrete to block entrances too, for the better-known entrypoints.