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"I walked away without looking back, feeling like we'd just gotten away with an elaborate bank robbery." I used to run treasure hunts, along with a friend of m

"I walked away without looking back, feeling like we'd just gotten away with an elaborate bank robbery." I used to run treasure hunts, along with a friend of mine, where teams of four would solve puzzles and clues that would take them through a series of locations similar to the one in the article [1]. This is a really good way to describe the feeling -- I've always described it as "playing secret agent." Incidentally though, we were always terrified to bring even small groups of people into these various abandoned buildings. I still have nightmares about it. Having a party -- with that many people and that much noise -- is absolutely insane. [1] Some examples I dug up: http://imgur.com/a/WVw4Q http://imgur.com/a/WVw4Q

nostromo 13y ago
Tangent: There's a guy that's been climbing public spaces lately, including the Golden Gate Bridge and the Space Needle. The photos are absolutely stunning. http://www.nopromiseofsafety.com/?p=1680 http://www.nopromiseofsafety.com/?p=1680 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2336093/Mysterious-urban-explorer-jaw-dropping-pictures-prove-feats-comes-forward.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2336093/Mysterious-u...
- iharris 13y ago
  Related: There's a fellow named Bradley Garrett who did his PhD dissertation on "Place Hacking". GQ has an awesome article of the crazy places he has explored and his run-ins with law enforcement when "hacking" certain restricted locations. http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201303/urban-explorers-gq-march-2013 http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201303/urban-expl...
  - andyjohnson0 13y ago
    Abstract of Place Hacking: Tales of Urban Exploration, doctoral thesis by Bradley Garrett [1]. Includes download link (slow) for the full document. [1] http://pure.rhul.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/place-hacking-tales-of-urban-exploration(f797c2ec-0c78-4a48-a741-ee6015effab6).html http://pure.rhul.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/place-hacking-...
- themckman 13y ago
  Looking at both the pictures from the Golden Gate and from the Space Needle made my palms sweaty. It's just odd thinking about someone being up there for no other reason than to be there.

nostromo 13y ago

Tangent: There's a guy that's been climbing public spaces lately, including the Golden Gate Bridge and the Space Needle. The photos are absolutely stunning. http://www.nopromiseofsafety.com/?p=1680 http://www.nopromiseofsafety.com/?p=1680 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2336093/Mysterious-urban-explorer-jaw-dropping-pictures-prove-feats-comes-forward.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2336093/Mysterious-u...

iharris 13y ago
Related: There's a fellow named Bradley Garrett who did his PhD dissertation on "Place Hacking". GQ has an awesome article of the crazy places he has explored and his run-ins with law enforcement when "hacking" certain restricted locations. http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201303/urban-explorers-gq-march-2013 http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201303/urban-expl...
- andyjohnson0 13y ago
  Abstract of Place Hacking: Tales of Urban Exploration, doctoral thesis by Bradley Garrett [1]. Includes download link (slow) for the full document. [1] http://pure.rhul.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/place-hacking-tales-of-urban-exploration(f797c2ec-0c78-4a48-a741-ee6015effab6).html http://pure.rhul.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/place-hacking-...
themckman 13y ago
Looking at both the pictures from the Golden Gate and from the Space Needle made my palms sweaty. It's just odd thinking about someone being up there for no other reason than to be there.