Month: July 2021

You might not guess there is a cave back there. . . but there is.
The rocks are Erosion Control.

Super Sketch

The Ice Plant has grown since the last time I was here.

There are plenty of caves like this – hundreds – but many of them get packed in with sand. This particular cave goes much farther back and has a concrete casing with a steel door. It is NOT a drainage channel… it is a Door. Any time you find a door in the middle of a $20k Concrete pour…

You know you are on to something*

Tropical Paradise?
Living the dream?

… More like constant drips

The picture does it no justice, but that hole was quite pronounced. The Ocean wipes this whiteboard clean often enough.

Eh?
Who does not want to explore THAT!

… Ok… ok
I can see that you may want a little better lighting. The one above creates the most mystery, but…

That shot there, less glamor and more detail.

If you need any used condoms, fast food wrappers, or empty beer cans then we can kill two birds with one stone.

Dudes is like “Nah”

But that is just because he saw the creepy-ass door.

“Lets get outa here!”
LOL

(I have a video that shows the door – post it later)

Onward with the adventure!
Heading North at a medium tide

We appreciate feedback from the customers. This jerk clearly does not know what a good time is.

• Fly covered piles of Animal Shit
• Heaps of reeking seaweed
• Nasty-ass caves…

I am not sure what the problem is. Perhaps he can fill out a paper survey.

Back up top

He is grimacing more from the fly-covered piles of dog shit and stinking heaps of seaweed than the sketch cave. Oddly enough… kids fear dogshit more than water filled sea caves.

Head over there. . .

We Crab-walk, back to the rock.
Been doing this a long time

Check out some tide pools
Check out the chick swimming with no wetsuit
Check out some more tide pools

This other cave is sanded in

Boat Version of diarrhea
Back on topic

Pressure washed the shit out of all the boat parts, inside and out.
Now really back on topic

Eh
No topic
I am on Vacation

-Schindler

Want to know what is in there?

That is what you should be thinking, because it is some kind of bird death pit. Smaller birds can fly out, but larger birds get caught.

I figured that out. . . once I was in there.

It wasn’t that hard to climb. On my first attempt I bailed as I thought large chunks of the concrete were going to break free – but – they didn’t.

That is your way in, and… out. I step very close to the edges/wall to minimize lever arm on the rusty old rungs. The top rung was already broken off and I had to lower down on trust that the others would hold.

Strange motor with a very long shaft. You can see the windings and laminations.

At first I counted only the motor shaft, 2 dead birds, a kids frisbee, random liquor bottles and trash…

What IS that motor and who dropped it in here? Thing looks damn heavy – but – anyway….

How many dead birds can YOU count in this picture?

I thought it as only TWO – but… those were just the birds with feathers. Then I started seeing the skulls.

Large eye socket, beak.

Lots of big rusty things. Eh – pretty grody, but not by any means the nastiest pit I have ben in.

Eh – your usual detritus. Human Art, or… the art of Urban Decay.

Anyway
Getting in is easier than getting out. Always remember that.

Once you are standing up here. . . .

You may get the willies.

I… do not climb down in the same way I climb up. People say that – eh – I dont think they climb much urband decay. Anyhow – I could jump that if I had to.

• Get Low
• Hang
• Drag as you drop

That is how you survive a 10′ drop and run afterward. Your mileage may vary.

In other news… if you are transporting cold water creatures, you keep them cold.

I do layers.

• Blue Ice
• Large containers
• Blue Ice
• Small containers
• Blue Ice….

Water has a huge thermal load – this will hardly keep it at sea temperature.

Of course you check the temperature every so often, oxygenate the contents.

It… Was a fairly regular Schindler Engineering Adventure

I had my Wetsuit

Did not have occasion to use it

Well – had occasion, but my partners were not into it. Just like they were not into the death-box I explored.

Thats cool
I understand

Everybody has their thing they like to do out in the bush.

I like clambering. Tyler does as well – so – we did a fair bit of that

For shit perspective on a lot of these shots. I had a great set of shots on a very large rusty chain but they just do not render well. Whatever.

How about that for a clamber!
He is no armature at this point.

Takes years to work up to stuff like this. The rock has excellent friction, but you still need to know about 42 things at the limbic level. Knowing your failure modes is the first step.

I did not encourage that in any way, that was his idea. He had to cross the water to do it. Boy does nothing that he is not wanting to do. Cant get him into a wetsuit with a crowbar this summer.

No injuries on this trip. Minor injuries are important for maintaining your Absolute Perspective. Eh – on the next trip I will take us someplace with a <3′ fall and have us fail a few times. Just… so that he remembers.

He has fallen plenty
Face Planted off of a play structure at School.

You gotta know how to fall.
Not land – Fall

While falling you can slow yourself down, rotate your position, prepare for impact. Falling happens in slow motion, landing happens in fast forward. Best to practice over the water on slippery rocks. Lots of falls, lots of landings.

-Schindler