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by skittles
Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:34 am
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident
Replies: 3
Views: 201

Re: College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/family-injured-urban-explorer-warns-of-dangers/89-ec9956fd-86b4-4515-a294-b7a374620f28

10/13/2025 Family of injured urban explorer warns of dangers

Carly Barnes, 19, suffered brain injuries after falling six stories from an abandoned grain bin at the Upper ...
by skittles
Sun Oct 12, 2025 7:49 pm
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident
Replies: 3
Views: 201

Re: College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident

Updates posted to the GoFundMe (which has reached almost $5k):

October 7th:
Carly had her intubation tube removed yesterday and had it replaced with a trachiostomy to work with the ventilator to assist her breathing. She also had a feeding tube button placed in her abdomen. Both of these ...
by skittles
Sun Oct 12, 2025 7:46 pm
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident
Replies: 3
Views: 201

Re: College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident

Linking and quoting the GoFundMe:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-a-mother-daughter-to-heal-after-a-tragic-accident

I wish I wasn’t writing something like this. A few days ago, my niece - just 19 years old, suffered a terrible accident. She fell six stories and is now in the ICU with severe ...
by skittles
Sun Oct 12, 2025 6:22 pm
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident
Replies: 3
Views: 201

College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/college-student-19-severely-injured-in-urban-exploration-accident

10/8/2025 College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident

The student fell from six stories while exploring an abandoned building in Minneapolis.

A 19-year-old college ...
by skittles
Sun Oct 12, 2025 12:12 am
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: Concerns about ‘urban explorers’ climbing roofs in the Mill District
Replies: 2
Views: 98

Re: Concerns about ‘urban explorers’ climbing roofs in the Mill District

It's broad daylight! Social media is a cancer for urbex.
by skittles
Mon Apr 07, 2025 8:18 pm
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: Teen rescued after falling 20 feet at abandoned Ford plant
Replies: 0
Views: 1650

Teen rescued after falling 20 feet at abandoned Ford plant

https://www.twincities.com/2025/04/06/i ... ord-plant/

4/6/2025 Teen rescued after falling 20 feet through grate at abandoned Ford plant

A teenager was rescued by firefighters after falling at an abandoned Ford plant building in St. Paul.

St. Paul Fire Department says it was called to 965 ...
by skittles
Mon Sep 16, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: Man dies after being found in a Faribault manhole
Replies: 1
Views: 553

Re: Man dies after being found in a Faribault manhole

Little bit more information:

https://www.ingstadmedia.com/man-dies-after-being-found-unresponsive-in-fairbault-manhole/

FARIBAULT, MN – On Friday morning, Faribault first responders discovered a man in a manhole filled with toxic fumes and dangerously low oxygen levels. The incident occurred at ...
by skittles
Fri Aug 09, 2024 5:01 pm
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: 2 charged for stealing copper wire from tunnel in St. Paul
Replies: 3
Views: 414650

Re: 2 charged for stealing copper wire from tunnel in St. Paul

There's an awful lot of smoke there for there to be no fire, but the devil's advocate in me says that if I found a scrapper's sawzall in a tunnel, I'd 100% leave with it. Of course, I wouldn't be in there at 9am. Also, that entire system is 2 basically straight walking height tunnels with 1 ...
by skittles
Fri Aug 02, 2024 5:08 am
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: 2 charged for stealing copper wire from tunnel in St. Paul
Replies: 3
Views: 414650

Re: 2 charged for stealing copper wire from tunnel in St. Paul

Xcel employees later found that someone had dug through the ceiling of their sandstone tunnel and accessed a tunnel above theirs that contained wires belonging to another service provider. The damage was new and hadn’t been there when they left Monday night.

:lol: That connection has been around ...
by skittles
Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: Climbing
Topic: 3:1 rig for ascending / hauling / rescue
Replies: 0
Views: 206555

3:1 rig for ascending / hauling / rescue

The physics behind this system mean that the mechanical advantage created by the pulleys provide a three to one ratio. Basically, the object being hauled up (that could be you) moves 1/3rd the distance you pull but only requires 1/3rd of the effort it would require to just pull it straight up on a ...