Scattergun and myself took on this beast of an explore with the goal of climbing the huge tower that dominates the landscape of the city. Baron & Lost decided bumbling around in a basement would be more fun.
Arriving at our drop off point on the hottest day of the trip, around 42 degrees, around 100 degree in the car with the blowers stuck on full heat, we attempted to make quick entry. I was half way over a wall when the local tut tut mechanic was shouting at us, luckily Baron used his charm and multi lingual techniques to convey to the nut job we were only there to take pictures, he trundled off round the corner happily enough.
SG and myself soon found ourselves in what seemed to be the dumping ground for the blast furnace with many old diggers, bulldozers and lorries just left to rot away.
Deciding to check out a couple of the buildings before heading for the beast, and cause it was in the shade we ventured into what appeared to be a working blacksmiths / repair shop for large vehicles.
It was time to head for the main goal, whilst wandering around the previous buildings / sheds we kept on hearing sirens and horns, we were concerned the site was still partially in use. Not to be perturbed we ventured onwards, navigating serious amounts of fences lined with hefty amounts of razor wire. We were within the main yard. Trundling along in the blistering heat we headed down some rail way tracks, but to realise we were getting closer to the sirens, a quick double back and went for another route.
Through another building and we had the monsterous tower in site, but also noticing a lot of lights on, shit there was on site security.
Fuck it was the joint decision, we ain't heading back now, so headed in.
We couldn't seem to find the actual base of the furnace, so we decided to head for the top. It was high, very high, I can definitely say this is the highest I have ever climbed, and it wasn't for the faint hearted, open mesh grating all the way, it took us around a hour to climb up, but it was well worth it. We had to stop at the top of the Cowper Stoves where the stairs finally stopped, we took a rest and took some quick pics.
Onward we went crossing the gantry with nothing but mesh grating between us and probably 150ft to the ground (probably the worst part for me).
The stairs to the top went on and on, seemingly never ending. But finally we made it, and it was fucking high. At an estimate I would say around 400ft + off the ground we reached the top.
It was now clear to see that the sirens were actually coming from the neighbouring site. But still unsure if there was security there, we still hadn't seen anyone. A quick check of the phone to see Baron badgering us too see how long we would be, we headed back down. But not before walking across one more gantry and into what many come to see.
Heading for the exit, we came to the conclusion there was no security as many power displays and lights were still on. But nonetheless it was a great explore.
Thanks for taking the time to look.
Arriving at our drop off point on the hottest day of the trip, around 42 degrees, around 100 degree in the car with the blowers stuck on full heat, we attempted to make quick entry. I was half way over a wall when the local tut tut mechanic was shouting at us, luckily Baron used his charm and multi lingual techniques to convey to the nut job we were only there to take pictures, he trundled off round the corner happily enough.
SG and myself soon found ourselves in what seemed to be the dumping ground for the blast furnace with many old diggers, bulldozers and lorries just left to rot away.
Deciding to check out a couple of the buildings before heading for the beast, and cause it was in the shade we ventured into what appeared to be a working blacksmiths / repair shop for large vehicles.
It was time to head for the main goal, whilst wandering around the previous buildings / sheds we kept on hearing sirens and horns, we were concerned the site was still partially in use. Not to be perturbed we ventured onwards, navigating serious amounts of fences lined with hefty amounts of razor wire. We were within the main yard. Trundling along in the blistering heat we headed down some rail way tracks, but to realise we were getting closer to the sirens, a quick double back and went for another route.
Through another building and we had the monsterous tower in site, but also noticing a lot of lights on, shit there was on site security.
Fuck it was the joint decision, we ain't heading back now, so headed in.
We couldn't seem to find the actual base of the furnace, so we decided to head for the top. It was high, very high, I can definitely say this is the highest I have ever climbed, and it wasn't for the faint hearted, open mesh grating all the way, it took us around a hour to climb up, but it was well worth it. We had to stop at the top of the Cowper Stoves where the stairs finally stopped, we took a rest and took some quick pics.
Onward we went crossing the gantry with nothing but mesh grating between us and probably 150ft to the ground (probably the worst part for me).
The stairs to the top went on and on, seemingly never ending. But finally we made it, and it was fucking high. At an estimate I would say around 400ft + off the ground we reached the top.
It was now clear to see that the sirens were actually coming from the neighbouring site. But still unsure if there was security there, we still hadn't seen anyone. A quick check of the phone to see Baron badgering us too see how long we would be, we headed back down. But not before walking across one more gantry and into what many come to see.
Heading for the exit, we came to the conclusion there was no security as many power displays and lights were still on. But nonetheless it was a great explore.
Thanks for taking the time to look.
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