Why do you do it?

[Sabtr]

More or less what Foxylady said - and I still have a museum.

 

[BigLoada]

Why?

Love of old industrial artefacts and associated history
Also for the photography
And because I just crave being underground

 

[Keep out!]

For the chicks.

I also love the tributes they always put up in my name on the sites. "keep out" lol

 

[krela]

I'm a nosey ******* and I get bored easily.

 

[Pip]

The only difference is, I don't get my legs slapped now!

I'm sure I can oblige............ You foxy Foxy you



Pip

 

[Foxylady]

I'm sure I can oblige............ You foxy Foxy you



Pip

 

[Canonite]

I've always explored in some way or form ever since i was a child. "ee lad, wi dint a toys in them days"
As i grew older i developed a strong interest in industry, hard working labour mills, foundries and generally big chunky lumps of metal!
I come from a mining town. As children we used to play in what used to be an old pit, we were always finding old remnants of the dying industry. Older still i took more of an interest in local history, only recently did i bother to mix my photography with it.

 

[Alir147]

Wow...all of the above really. How long have you got?
From a very early age I would contrive to get lost so that I could discover new places by myself, then later exploring farmhouse remains... finding bits of broken crockery and other treasures in the fields to put in my 'museum'.
I have an insatiable curiosity about the world around me. I love the countryside, photography, walking and making connections with the land by discovering where a lane ends up and where the gate across the field leads to...it never fails to make me happy...and researching the local history and tying it all up together.
I love going into an abandoned building or forbidden site and feeling as if I've crossed a doorway into another world where no-one else goes...and the adrenalin rush of taking loads of pics and getting away with it unseen.
And then there's the aesthetics...architecture, gorgeous and interesting details, peeling paint...lol...and finding something that I didn't know was there...and being where ordinary people had become extraordinary during WW2...
...and coming home soaked to the skin and covered in mud and scratches from brambles, just like I did as a kid. The only difference is, I don't get my legs slapped now!

this is practically identical to me

basically - hillwalking all my life which from about 6 or 7 years old led to me collecting old things from ruined crofts / hill farms. Gradually started going in to more and more remote farmhouses as well as 1 or 2 derelict houses near where I live.

At 11 years old, my dad lifted me in to my first big place - a derelict orphanage near me. We explored that as he knew I was obsessed. Gradually grew from there until i was 16 and discovered UE forums. Here I am now at 19 and have come quite a long way since then!

preserving places that were important to communities like asylums, indurstrial sites etc. so that once they are gone, there is a FULL record of what was there. i've found with many big abandoned places near me that the most you'll find on the net is a paragraph or 2 and maybe 1 photo if you're lucky. Also for the thrills and pretty much everything else folk have said.

Photography has become more of an interest now from this rather than the other way round. For me, it's very much the buildings first - then photography.

 

[Dystopia]

I was denied these sorts of experiences as a kid due to over protective parents but I also had an imaginary world where all was deserted by humans and I lived wild with a pack of dogs. Don't know where it all came from but I suspect it was being told that dangerous people were the danger of going out to play so therefore a world without them would be freedom. That and let's face it...other than the other urbexers for the most part, people suck. There were other animals too like friendly cats that sat in windowsills of the derelict towns and cities. I just waited until I was an adult and had freedom before playing in the wastelands.

 

[TheLondoners]

I do it because I crave internet attention.

Funny...lol

 

[Seahorse]

Because I feel it's important to preserve for future generations the magnificence of our heritage. To capture in pictorial form the wonder of Britain, from the humble beginnings of our early industral birth, to the sadness of families crammed like battery chickens into post war ghettos. This, my friend, is the spark which burns within my soul. To express to others the pride I feel whenever I enter an architectural wonder that is, brick by brick, returning to nature. Or to demonstrate the futility of all human endeavour as all to dust returns, confirming our miniscule impact on the reality that is the endless infinity of time.




Oh, bollox. I can't keep a straight face. It's because I'm a nosy fecker. Always have been, always will be.

 

[The_Revolution]

[Cut and paste my usual answer]

I do it because I get a kick out of being where I shouldn't be.

 

[Urban-Warrior]

I have a love for old and unique places.. I hate seeing history destroyed by todays society.. also it gives me a kick knowing i'm sometimes somewhere where I shouldn't be

 

[burb147]

Thats really interesting because it is almost completely different from why I do it. I get fed up with being trapped in the grid of ordinary life. If most people look at a map of their area and mark the routes they usually travel through it, all the paths and roads and places you are supposed to go, they cover such a tiny area of available space. We've built a world where our movements are largely dictated by lines and grids, and everywhere is owned by someone. So I like to go on adventures. I didn't even bother to document my explores until I joined sf0 (zero on the end, not 'o'), which is my other favorite hobby (website sf0.org), which if you take a look you will either get, or you won't. Now I have changed my perspective enough that I don't see a flat landscape that dictates my path, if I'm out and about, I see possibilities in many directions and everything is a lot less mundane.

I don't know if I'm explaining it right, maybe sounds a bit pretentious, but its hard to put it in words. I guess I just like fun more than I like real life! What can I say, I like to stray from the path. I've been doing it since I lived in Boston in the US as a kid, it jsut feels natural to poke your nose into the more interesting bits of your environment.

just checked out the sf0 website im loving te concept behind this and reminds me of my student days studying invisible theatre signed up for some easy tasks to break me in. thanks for this gonna spend some time involving m life into this,.

 

[thompski]

For my army of adoring female fans.

 

[godzilla73]

I'm a nosey ******* and I get bored easily.

Same here - I still have the boredom threshold of a seven year old!!! And of course, you can lose yourself in exploration in such a way that it makes you completely forget work s**t, family s**t , and life s**t in general!!!

 

[Dystopia]

I too am easily bored and restless. Thankfully I can normally find something to keep me entertained but I can get aggressive if I'm deprived of stuff to do for too long. When I was unemployed and sent to the useless centres they force you into, I basically turned into a hate-filled bitch for the duration simply due to lack of stimulation.

 

[Bryag]

I am a somewhat overweight thrillseeker who still thinks he is 20, 12 stone and invincible (at least when I have a drink in me) and I like to express this in exploration. Unfortunately, most of the good stuff is done extremely inebriated, and sans camera. At the end of the day, even if I can't record it, or show it to you guys, it is the personal achievement that matters. I'm not into willy-waving, I like to share what I can, but much of what I do I cannot share. That being said, often drunken shenannigans are followed up with sober (or semi-sober) camera trips

 

[BenCooper]

As Mallory said - because it's there.

 

[sheep21]

Why do I do it?

Short answer:
Im a curious little sod!

Long anwer:
Im just really interested in seeing whats inside that boarded up building or why im not allowed in this place. Must be something interesting there, also, sometimes you get some really good photos too.

The adrenaline is quite funl was that noise an old door banging in the wind or is it a drugged up Pikey with a broken bottle\security coming to boot me out!