The Death Trap thread

[The Lone Ranger]

My favorite death trap is probably Facit Sandstone Mine, it's a complete labyrinth of passages inside the pillar and stall mine. I have seen talk of 120km of passages, this was quoted after the rescue of 3 children who were missing in here for a few days. Navigating your way through is interesting as it all looks the same and is sort of laid out in a grid pattern.

Apart from that it's one of the most unstable places I've seen and that's throughout, the floor often mirrors the shape of the roof as the rock falls off, people have used string in the past to mark the way through but this is now buried under fresh rock falls. I've not encountered bad air in there myself, but a couple of people I know have done in the past.

 

[tallginge]

Gorton falls always give me the heeby jeebys

Break a rung.... very likely

Fall, do an ankle and stumble left..... quite possible

Go for a nice long slide into the abyss....... guaranteed

Escape? Er no chance

 

[tarkovsky]

Gorton falls always give me the heeby jeebys

Break a rung.... very likely

Fall, do an ankle and stumble left..... quite possible

Go for a nice long slide into the abyss....... guaranteed

Escape? Er no chance

*shudder*

 

[Gudgeon Pin]

I've always rather enjoyed the "floating" floor which you pass on the way up the Central Hydraulic Tower in Birkenhead.

Not to mention all the fun of the spiral staircase and subsequent ladders, which are certainly a tad on the sketchy side!

 

[Baggy trousers]

I've been in a fair few dodgy places before, here's a couple that sprang to mind..

Dodgy Denbigh..

Dorma works top floor was ropey...

Springmount Mill, first time I went in here it was dark, and missed this hole by a few feet!

 

[Grom]

I'd forgotten about this one. Chatham Deep Refuge shortly before it got sealed. me & @Brewtal visited one night and going down those stairs one of the wooden steps completely collapsed when @Brewtal trod on it. Luckily he managed to keep his balance as the wooden beam went crashing down the stairs all the way to bottom. His face was a picture

 

[raisinwing]

The boiler house at Chatterley Whitfield is rather sketchy, probably the most bouncy feeling concrete floor I've stood on. Worth it though, not often you see 10 Lancashire boilers in a row, albeit they are rather decrepit having stood in the rain for the best part of thirty years.

 

[Paulnwillow]

This farm in Tarporley was probably my most dangerous explore
Walking on beams on the second floor was not a good idea
Won’t be doing anything like this again, I always try to go with someone now and let a third person now exactly we’re I am
I think if I’d have fallen I’d still be there now

 

[Brewtal]

I'd forgotten about this one. Chatham Deep Refuge shortly before it got sealed. me & @Brewtal visited one night and going down those stairs one of the wooden steps completely collapsed when @Brewtal trod on it. Luckily he managed to keep his balance as the wooden beam went crashing down the stairs all the way to bottom. His face was a picture

How could I forget that! Great start to the night hahaha! Just glad you were not directly below when it happened!

 

[zombizza]

West Ham court was quite dodgy. Its the one time I have bottled out of going upstairs

 

[raisinwing]

One of the out buildings at Whittingham, really dodgy floor, you had to pick your route carefully.

 

[Сталкер]

 

[oh.aweSAM]

Granted I haven’t explored that many places but Rylands Mill was definitely pretty sketchy.

The ‘Safety starts here’ sign seemed slightly misplaced.

 

[UrbexFraggle]

Bangour Village Hospital - Shortly after I took this I nearly went through the floor (luckily only one foot). (Do wish I had got in before it got trashed though).

 

[jones-y-gog]

Surely no death-trap thread could be complete without including Burnley Empire !