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Even before hearing this story, I used to religiously check that any door I entered while straying from the beaten path (urbex, or simply exploring infrastructu
by arjvik 2y ago
Even before hearing this story, I used to religiously check that any door I entered while straying from the beaten path (urbex, or simply exploring infrastructure not meant for the public) wouldn't lock behind me. I've stopped myself from entering a stairwell a few times because I wasn't sure if there'd be another exit I could take. Occasionally, if I'm feeling daring, I'll pull out one of the blank plastic cards from my wallet and jam the door latch with it, then keep going.
- Rediscover 2y ago> ... any door ... wouldn't lock behind me. You are not alone with that precaution. Ages ago, before plastic gift cards were ubiquitous, I used to quest/urbex with shims of thin aluminum trimmed to door jamb size (making them harder to detect). The buddy system also was used - "You stay on this side, I'll go through and test it can get opened from the other side." Extremely useful when entering campus/city steam tunnels that may not have another good door for hundreds of meters (the tunnels were secured to prevent access to the structures they connected).