Urbex Injuries....

[james.s]

does anyone carry a basic first aid kit with them on their travels?

I mooch off Peter's first aid kit, bit unfair really as I always injure myself on very safe objects

 

[Anthillmob74]

I think the worst one for me was dick stung by a nettle, having a Johhny Riddle on the Cutting above Benniworth Tunnel. Brought tears to my eyes!!! All 3 of them!!!

see its easier for you blokes though to go widdle when youre out, us girls have to find a suitable place to squat which usually involves wading through undergrowth to get to the rear of the nearest tree. thankfully i havent had to go yet, i only have 2 cuppas first thing in the morning and drink my one small bottle of coke slowly.

my poor cousin was so desperate at WP that she almost considered using a stranded commode we found

 

[Black Shuck]

see its easier for you blokes though to go widdle when youre out, us girls have to find a suitable place to squat which usually involves wading through undergrowth to get to the rear of the nearest tree. thankfully i havent had to go yet, i only have 2 cuppas first thing in the morning and drink my one small bottle of coke slowly.

my poor cousin was so desperate at WP that she almost considered using a stranded commode we found

Thats really funny even though I have considered it myself.!! I have made the mistake of drinking too much far too early!

 

[Badoosh]

I think the worst one for me was dick stung by a nettle, having a Johhny Riddle on the Cutting above Benniworth Tunnel. Brought tears to my eyes!!! All 3 of them!!!

I though you were walking funny when we visited Stenigot

 

[Black Shuck]

I though you were walking funny when we visited Stenigot

No that was the Clodingles hanging from my sweaty arse!. I was a bit uncomfortable I must admit! It was bloody painful mate!!.

 

[KieranJones]

My expo partner was exiting st. edmonds, Northampton via 10ft-ish wall and used a plank of wood to run up and cling onto the wall and vault over however halfway up the plank it gave way and all his belly and arms were cut by friction of rubbing down the brick wall as he fell!

OUCH!

 

[Anthillmob74]

i found my urbex bog roll, it was wedged under the passenger seat in the car. only discovered after my mum cleaned the car out.

why do mothers do this? leave them for five mins while you nip in a shop to get your **** and theyve filled a carrier bag with rubbish. i liked a messy car.

 

[Krypton]

Was exploring this old farmhouse last year which was close to my caravan, once insideyou had to get through a double hinged door to get to the rest of the house, this was propped open and stupidly let it swing shut. After spending all day in there we decided to head backbut when we got to the door. It had wedged shut and the heat had expanded it. There was no handle just a finger plate and we had to pull it not push. I really thought we were gonna be stuck in there but after about half an hour, we located a screw driver with after a bit of hoking maganged to pull the door towards us.

 

[Foxylady]

here was no handle just a finger plate and we had to pull it not push. I really thought we were gonna be stuck in there but after about half an hour, we located a screw driver with after a bit of hoking maganged to pull the door towards us.

I once read about a Belgian explorer who got stuck in a remote, humungous site after the door slammed shut and there was no handle. It was in a bathroom and he had to kick off a handle from one of the cubicle doors to open it with.
Anyway, for a while I started taking a small rubber door-wedge with me on explores, just in case.

 

[erol4130]

had a few injurys over the past few months.
first time i went up severalls water tower i didnt see the missing steps and introduced my face to the next steps up, luckily i managed to take some of the weight out of the fall with my hands. still split my lip open tho which was *****
another was a huge lump on my head wen a piece of 2x4 fell from about 11ft onto my noggin (which dazaf and bonecollector will probly recall )
other than that just the usual cuts and bruises

 

[RichardB]

I once read about a Belgian explorer who got stuck in a remote, humungous site after the door slammed shut and there was no handle. It was in a bathroom and he had to kick off a handle from one of the cubicle doors to open it with.
Anyway, for a while I started taking a small rubber door-wedge with me on explores, just in case.

I must admit I was a bit nervous in the fridge at Portavadie and put my son on guard at the door.

 

[Krypton]

I once read about a Belgian explorer who got stuck in a remote, humungous site after the door slammed shut and there was no handle. It was in a bathroom and he had to kick off a handle from one of the cubicle doors to open it with.
Anyway, for a while I started taking a small rubber door-wedge with me on explores, just in case.

Yeah, when we were at cerebos all the doors had no handles and i was soo worried that if they slammed shut we wouldnt be able to get out. Plus its in the middle of knowhere.

 

[Neosea]

i found my urbex bog roll, it was wedged under the passenger seat in the car. only discovered after my mum cleaned the car out.

why do mothers do this? leave them for five mins while you nip in a shop to get your **** and theyve filled a carrier bag with rubbish. i liked a messy car.

You're one classy lady

 

[Anthillmob74]

You're one classy lady

indeed i am

 

[ImmortalShadow]

Thread rivival *does jazz hands*

Anyways yes, I got my first urbex related injury (that I take great pride in, even though it's not a great story). I cut my finger on a bit of glass in Harpur Hill it was a clean cut too which was quite annoying.

I've got no photo's of it either, it wasn't a very spectacular cut and I didn't fancy getting blood on my camera.

 

[Apopcalyptic]

does anyone carry a basic first aid kit with them on their travels?

Always on explores. I ought to keep one in the car really too.

 

[Floyd09]

I've had the usual minor cuts and bruises, and tore the tendons in my right wrist a few years ago (still hurts now), but the worst was when I was photographing the back of the old ABC Cinema in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

I'd walked on top of a wall at the back of the site trying to get some higher up photos and not realised that some kind person had spread grease all over it. I'd been inching sideways trying to get a better view and didn't notice anything, and it was only when I put the camera down I realised how dodgy my footing was. I tried to turn around slowly but my right foot went from under me. I bounced off the wall and landed on my front in the softest, most welcoming patch of nettles I've ever seen. I got nettled all over my head, face arms and chest, and then my legs got it on the way out. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

 

[zimbob]

I've a peach of a bruise and some groovy cuts after falling off a scaffold on Friday night... damn' slippery stuff in the rain it is

 

[lost]

Hey serves you right for climbing grotty buildings.
Hope you're alright, I heard it was pretty miserable on Friday night.

 

[v-w-chick]

wooooh some pretty nasty cuts and breaks i see..
and its werid cus im very accident prone, but somehow done have anything to show u.
i normally just bump into things, fall over things.

i got a cut on my elbow from last nights explore but nothin serious.

lets hope u broken legged ppl get well soon
kelly