Comments | cgronlund: A Dumb Idea (#9)

cgronlund

A Dumb Idea (#9)

Aug 28, 2007 06:30

My friend, Lee, read The Tunnels of Cu Chi and convinced me to do the next best thing in his mind:

( Crawl through the storm drains beneath Grapevine, Texas... )

friends, dumb ideas, youth

Comments 6

oakenking August 28 2007, 13:22:57 UTC

See, when I hear somebody talking about going through storm sewers, I always picture something like this:
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/drains-of-canada-interview-with-michael.html
And amusingly enough, that's my full name - but it's not me.

chriswicke August 28 2007, 19:25:20 UTC

That's funny. I was just about to post the same link!

oakenking August 28 2007, 19:36:46 UTC

The phrase "Great minds run in the same gutters" seems more than usually apt!

cgronlund August 28 2007, 19:44:33 UTC

I saw that yesterday--it's what made me think about the storm drain post :)

I haven't read the entire interview yet, but the photos are beautiful.

The drains we wandered all seemed to be 36" pipes. There were a couple wider pipes, and some "rooms" we could almost stand in, but for the most part it was typical storm drains for us.

I'd love to explore something larger.

bobthemad August 29 2007, 00:40:39 UTC

Some friends of mine and I kinda did the same thing. There were large (5' or more diamager) storm drains going through Benbrook, TX and we used to go exploring like it was a D&D dungeon... he he he. Never really encountered anything dangerous tho :( Perhaps the most exciting thing that happened was when we tried to navigate by candlelight (instead of flashlight), and our candles went out in a dark area.... basically had to feel our way around until we were able to get out via a manhole in the ceiling.

cgronlund August 29 2007, 03:13:42 UTC

I grew up across the street from a big seminary and we used to run around in the place. One day we found a bunch of old tunnels linking the buildings on the seminary. They were larger tunnels, and all my friends--like you--explored like it was D&D (cause we were D&D geeks).

It was pretty creepy because you'd wander along, a door would open, and priests of monks would wander by and tyou had to hide.

We never brought candles down. Losing your light in a tunnel and having to feel your way out had to be creepy!

The tunnel thing is definitely something I can get into, especially after reading this