Two People Killed In Drain....

[turbotrana]

do you reckon one of those spray cans could fit up a grafitti artist bum. I would really like to find that one out someday.

[Jordz xr6 fan]

Sorta off topic but me and a few mates of mine found some drains and went exploring walking under roads and stuff was some good fun.

I had a cousin once that went down a drain and a person saw him from there house and saw that he never came up and called SES and the police everything I think they even got a helicopter to fly over other tunnel exits.

He ended up coming out another exit and was walking home and saw all these people looking in these drains asked them what they where doing and they said a kid went down there like 3 hours ago and he said oh that was me. LOL

But yeah looks like some fun, makes me feel like getting my body board out and go in there and wait for it to start pissing down would be a good ride.

By the way anyone else go for a little expedition down drains.

[RegSpec]

Why dont you just apply for a job with the Water Board......

Edited 22/01/08 12:32 AM by Dagabond

[BFHOON]

ths is from the smh.

THE stormwater drain where a man and a woman died on Sunday has long been a favourite for Sydney's urban explorers.

These people know the 2.7-kilometre complex of tunnels and ladders as "Fortress", and have spent many hours exploring its wonders by torch-light.

They are critical of the "amateurs" who came to grief on Sunday in Fortress, a structure with sections that are more than 20 metres underground.

"There's an old saying: 'If it rains, no drains'," one experienced urban explorer said.

"Obviously the people who went down were amateurs. Flash floods are urban explorer killers. It is usually extremely safe."

The man said it was against his "urban explorer ethics" to give any information out to the media and requested anonymity.

Fortress was first named and "discovered" by "Predator", reported to be the late Mike Carlton, one of the founders of Sydney Cave Clan in 1991.

He is revered among Sydney's "recreational trespassers", having explored thousands of drains. One 2003 report detailed how he abseiled down more than 10 storeys into one of Fortress's tunnels by torchlight. Other explorers created the "Predator memorial room" within the complex after he died of cancer aged 33 in 2004.

The group has broken up Fortress into sections such as "cathedral" (because of its cavernous roof), the "bong room" (it has an object resembling a giant drug pipe) and "mini-cathedral". The trio who got into serious trouble on Sunday are understood to have entered via Cathedral.

One clan member, Seeker, has posted a video of himself allegedly living in Fortress for a week.

Other than stormwater drains, the clan is dedicated to exploring tunnels, bridges and abandoned buildings. The group has at least 100 members, most of whom refer to each other by their aliases.

"We are a non-profit 'disorganisation' which is involved in the exploration of urban caves and other man-made structures of interest," the clan's website states. "We regularly get together as a group to go exploring."

Members use torches, walkie-talkies, knives and other equipment to gain access to targets.

The experienced explorer said they took safety seriously but would not answer questions about whether they broke into their venues. He added that Fortress had multiple access points.

Despite the members' stated emphasis on safety, one report describes some fixing themselves to the iron bars at the mouth of the drain and allowing ocean waves to crash against their bodies. A photo of a similar event shows three men hanging precariously onto the rusted bars.

The clan gained some attention in 2005 when it was revealed the State Government asked for their help to find hidden tunnels under the city that could be targeted by terrorists.

The appeal of going underground, where danger can come from sudden floods, decaying floors and slippery surfaces, is best explained by the late Predator.

"In life, you have a choice," he says in a quote on the clan's website. "You can stay in bed and take no risks, or you can go out and have a life which involves the taking of risks, telling of yarns, breaking various laws which restrict your freedom, finding out things of an unusual or interesting nature.

"Now, some people take drugs, some people watch TV … we explore drains.

"We like the dark, the wet, humid, earthy smell. We like the varying architecture. We like the solitude."

The experienced explorer echoed these comments.

"It's the excitement and adventure of finding something new and doing something different," he said. "It's damp inside and muggy inside but you don't have the noise of the city all around you. It's just you and the tunnel."

At the scene of the two deaths on Sunday, Inspector Eddie Bosch said simply: "It just shows the dangers of going into these sort of places. Stormwater drains are not anywhere people should go."

Edited 21/01/08 10:54 PM by BFHOON

[exarsixturbo]

Sounds silly to me now - 7 years on - but when I was in high school me and two mates used to ride our bikes to school every day through the storm water drains. It was a 6km trip and 4km of that was underground. We loved it at the time - god knows why....

We were lucky on quite a few occasions when it started to rain. One time it rained while we were riding up the "open air" section of drains and a 1-2 meter wall of water came in the opposite direction! Along with a million tennis balls, shopping trolleys, and numerous other crap. We managed to get up to the bank in time but as we stood there and watched the flood - a man came running down the path, chasing his dog and his pushbike that were rapidly floating down the river! Funniest thing we ever saw at the time!!

[Guest newl]

Members use torches, walkie-talkies, knives and other equipment to gain access to targets.

"I used my magic walkie-talkie by pushing the button and presto the locked gate opened! And then..I shined my torch on the other locked point and it too opened!"

Jokes aside, I too have done this in the past. Exploring is cool. I wouldn't do it now though. My sense of self preservation kicked in years ago (though doing 220km/h on a private road recently may suggest otherwise lol).

[BFHOON]

iv done a little exploration myself over the past few years.

heres a few pics from the underworld.

[SCRIBR]

so that's what it looks like to get born...

[BFHOON]

if by that you mean the first pic yes it does resemble a birth canal.

australias biggest drain.

the second pic was where the bodies were found from the inside looking out.

Edited 22/01/08 06:26 AM by BFHOON

[xr6turbs]

WTF.

Ok, so up by the shops where I live, some lil *beep* has always got his can out and sprayed some crap on the wall.

They do it cause they think they cool, they think they bad, they think they will get noticed.

WHY were these guys in a drain for? if they wanna be noticed or what not a drain aint gonna get them noticed.

I think taggers are a bunch of mo fos. Where are their parents? they need to sort their crap out.