tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57399117748155698702023-11-16T02:20:32.781-08:00Cavemen ExplorersTake Nothing But Pictures, Leave Nothing But FootprintsCavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-56843716198075151162014-06-01T10:16:00.003-07:002014-06-01T10:31:40.139-07:00CME Expedition 21<u>Location:</u> Skien, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001, 003, 004, 006.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Emergency Tunnel.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Active.<br />
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Sometimes we go looking for places that for all logical reasons <i>must</i> exist. It's like you know they're right by, but you just can't seem to figure out it's exact location. Like other things in life, all of a sudden they turn up right under your nose and had been there all along..just waiting, teasing..luring you in.<br />
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This was to be one of those places. As mentioned in early reports there is a train tunnel running underneath parts of Skien city centre. We had already discovered at least one, quite possibly two entrances connecting to the main tunnel from surface level. When building tunnels today, it is required to have emergency exits every now and then, throughout the tunnel, but when the Skien Tunnel was built, safety was almost unheard of, or at least not taken into much consideration. But still, I knew there had to be at least one more, considering the length they had to travel to transport the rubble and rocks if they were to exit through the portals at each end. The more logical thing would be to drill holes through the sides of the tunnel to shorten the distance needed to get rid of the stone they brought out.<br />
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Either way..one day while out strolling through my neighborhood I for some reason took a closer look at one of the gardens that were "too large" to match the house...turned out that the "missing entrance/exit" had been there all along, <u>in someone's garden</u> (!), right underneath my nose, litteraly 600 ft. from where I live.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Imagine having this beauty in your back yard!</td></tr>
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I popped over the fence to have a closer look, and as you can see in the above picture..the gates inside were wide open. Lady luck had struck again! I naturally called up the other cavies and a few of them were quite eager to go exploring indeed. Flashlights were gathered, cameras brought out and into the darkness we delved.<br />
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We swung left around the corner in the far end of the picture above and were met with 50/50 exitement/ disappointment. The steel door in front of us could either be locked or could turn out to unveil something similar to what we experienced in <a href="http://cavemenexplorers.blogspot.no/2013/10/cme-expedition-10.html" target="_blank">Expedition 10</a> . Unfortunately this door was locked real tight with no sign of budging. The disappointment could be felt amongst us all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here, but no further.</td></tr>
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On the bright side of things..atleast now we knew where it was. On our way back out..004, managed to step in some foul smelling dog shit that haunted us for a long time. When we get to august, and have our 1st. year celebration..he is a clear candidate for the shit of the year award! Ahh man, that was some nasty shit..just writing about it gives me nausea.<br />
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Do not despair for lack of pictures from behind the door..I managed to figure out that this place was to be permanently sealed, so time was of the essence. I sent a formal request to the head honcho of the norwegian state owned railway maintenance something something, along with their property management office. The result being that, long story short, we were granted access for documenting this emergency exit before it is sealed of and gone forever. But I'll leave that report for another day... <br />
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-Caveman 001- <br />
Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-39329206357334135932014-04-20T12:25:00.000-07:002014-04-26T13:10:58.709-07:00CME Expedition 20<u>Location:</u> Oslo, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Subway.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Active / In Use.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oslo T-Bane</td></tr>
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Back at it! As mentioned before, we aren't fans of giving away exact locations because of the obvious negative implications it might have. Since last we have come to experience this the hard way and tightened the circle of trust even further. Having shared info with people who really should know better and then finding travel descriptions in local media that even my grandmother would have been able to follow isn't cool. It leads to tightening of security, over-anxious parents demanding "death traps" being sealed off, and industry checking up on possible entrances. Fortunately we haven't given away all our secrets, so we'll still be able to get in.<br />
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Enough moral ranting on our behalf..but last words of advice to aspiring explorers..five minutes of personal fame in exchange for closing of top notch locations <u>forever</u> is not the way to play!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let's Get Down To Business</td></tr>
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Let's get down to business now. For those of you who are up and about, the location of this one shouldn't be much of a secret. I'm talking about a subway or t-bane station in downtown Oslo. Up until 1992 this station was end of the line for both the eastern and western lines. In 1992 the first trains could pass through this station and lines were extended. There is a lot more to this station than at first meets the eye. Before being rebuilt to serve as a "through" station, eastbound trains used to go in a loop around the station on the return trip. There is also a loop below the main lines that connect the outermost platforms. There are also a lot of other rumors about this place that I can't and won't get into here, but you can read up on the stories yourself.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doors Leading Off To..?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Passages.</td></tr>
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What I can say though is that this station can also serve as a gigantic bomb shelter should the need arise. Blast proof doors are passed every day by thousands of commuters. They can be found several places throughout the station and can also be seen at the ends of all platforms. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">King Size Blast Proof Doors</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blast Proof Doors At Platforms</td></tr>
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This station is served by all six lines and sees a lot of traffic during the day. Snooping around places like this in this day and age makes people suspicious, so I didn't hang around for too long after noticing people looking at me while taking pictures. Regarding rumors, there are all sorts..from weird streetlevel-connections to sewer connectins, hatches in the floor, and from disused construction passages, to passageways leading off to various government institutions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Platforms</td></tr>
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I'll leave you with a few pictures of something I hadn't noticed on previous visits. Looks rather interesting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notice Anything?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look Closer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blast Proof Doors Hidden Behind Panels.</td></tr>
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I just love subways!! Always keep eyes open..you never know what you might find!<br />
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-Caveman 001- Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-7624305603956109902014-02-23T11:24:00.001-08:002014-02-23T12:01:12.529-08:00CME Expedition 19<u>Location:</u> Oslo, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001, 005.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Bunker, WW2.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Abandoned / Sealed.<br />
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Waking up early in the morning, on our Oslo based member 005's couch..I rubbed my eyes twice to figure out where I was. Once up and running 005 made us some coffee and breakfast before we headed out for todays mission. Nothing like some eggs & bacon on a sunday morning. (Thanks!)<br />
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Either way..we packed a big thermos of coffee along with a king size plate of chocolate and headed on out into the pouring rain. As usual we don't give away detailed locations, but taking the tram downtown, we switched to an eastbound subway line. We were already quite soaked once we got to the right station. But with our spirits still up, we headed out into the wilderness..destined for the once german "Marineoberkommando Norwegen" bunker complex..<br />
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Norway was attacked on the morning of april 9th 1940. Norwegian forces were quickly overwhelmed by the might of the german invaders. We had not taken part in any war for at least the preceding 100 years, and we were not prepared by any measure. What followed was a five year long occupation. I could go on, but you can read up on this yourself. Back on track, we had checked out maps and were looking for a bunker complex built east of Oslo, constructed so that the German Naval High Command had somewhere to retreat if Oslo was under attack by allied forces. After roaming around in the bush for a while, we finally spotted some german concrete.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">005 Looking For More..</td></tr>
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Sometime after the war ended in 1945 the norwegian civil defence took over the structures in the area, and their emblem can still be seen in several places. Unfortunately once they were deemed no longer needed, they weren't just abandoned..they were sealed with concrete, blocking all entrances. But rumor has it that all the bunkers in the area are connected with tunnels through the mountain, with loads of rooms, spread over several stories. There is still a building on top of the hill, but none of us were in the mood for knocking on their door, all soaking wet, dripping with water, asking to see if there was an access throught the basement of the building.<br />
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Though we were disappointed with all the sealed entrances, we carried on in the wet forest to see if we could at least find some smaller close defence positions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">005 Tryin' To Get A Look Inside</td></tr>
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Not finding much we decided to go on top of the hill, aiming to get an overview of the area as a whole. Slippery, wet rocks made the terrain difficult, but after a while it leveled out and we reached the top. Both quite cold and dripping with rain we started looking for a place to have some coffee. We soon forgot about the whole coffee once we spotted this little beauty a little distance away.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top Of The Hill</td></tr>
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Walking around the structure in the picture above we couldn't see any entrance. This fact, combined with seeing pipes sticking out on top of it made us suspect that it might have been some sort of platform, with something standing on top..radar maybe? Later we agreed on the likelyhood that this had to be a water reservoir of some sort.<br />
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Leaning up against this little mystery of ours, drinking coffee and scanning the area for more, our cold, wet feeling seemed to disappear somewhat. It's amazing what a cup of coffee can do! Before climbing down the mountain, back in the direction we had originaly entered the area, I decided to have a look on top of this thing. Once up there the whole thing presented itself as totaly flat with the exception of the pipes sticking out of it...and of course...the little hatch I had discovered (!) Yelling back down to 005 to come have a look, he didn't believe me at first..seems just a little to perfect to find a rusty old hatch, just after discovering all else is sealed right? I somehow managed to convince him to get his ass up to take a look for himself.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">001 & The Hatch</td></tr>
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Not expecting much, I got a grip and started pulling..and to my amazement it budged.<br />
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I can hardly describe how much I cursed myself for not bringing a flashligt from my home city of Skien. But in hindsight, I didn't really expect to find much out here, and draging around big flashlights and lots of exploring gear at a work related conference would only have given me lots of stares. Climbing on down into this structure would have to wait for another day..but you didn't think we would end this expedition without letting you have a peek inside did you? Here you go..<br />
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Don't get me wrong..I actually love graffiti, yes, also the illegal sort..but only in certain places. In my humble opinion, this is not an example of it being in the right place. Imagine if each and every single explorer who came on top of this thing could open this hatch and get the feeling that they were the first ones to discover it (?!) Think about it..! The Caveman stance is and will continue to be "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints."<br />
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Ok..I'll stop ranting about it now..and instead leave you with this little picture from further down the hill. The entrance of a bunker showing quite clear signs of alternately being sealed, opened, sealed, opened..etc.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">005 Questioning His Agility..</td></tr>
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Damn those missing flashlights..Our lesson of the day was clear:<br />
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Always carry a flashlight, bring a backup for the flashlight and a backup for the backup, and batteries!!<br />
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-Caveman 001-Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-91675747900436190792014-01-18T08:20:00.002-08:002014-01-18T08:20:11.715-08:00CME Expedition 18<u>Location:</u> Oslo, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Various.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Unknown.<br />
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Having to be in Oslo from Monday to Wednesday to attend a conference, I decided to head in a few days earlier to visit my good friend Caveman 005. On my way to his place I got a few pictures of sites and things that could prove interesting. Just sharing a few of them to give you an idea of how our eyes are at work when we're out and about.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ventilation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Power Distribution Or More?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What's Beneath?</td></tr>
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-Caveman 001-Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-15847245113627586232014-01-13T14:13:00.001-08:002014-01-13T14:13:50.287-08:00CME Expedition 17<u>Location:</u> Skien, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001, 002, 003, 007.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Ironmine.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Abandoned.<br />
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The last stop in the forests west of Skien was the old Langgangen Mine. (Lang = Long). Indeed this mine is narrow and stretches for quite a distance running north-south. During the 1960's the nearby satellite town of Gulset was developed and the local government decided to fill in several of the mines in this area. Langangen was one of these mines, but it is still clearly visible. A lot of the infill has sunk further down into the depths of the mine, so the outlines of it can easily be found.<br />
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While we were trotting along the path leading to the mine, some of the cavemen were eating handfulls of wildberries found in the underbrush, while I lead the way, crisscrossing the path, rummaging around the small bushes. I was looking for the site of a small cross carved in the bedrock, located a little north of the mine itself. I am far from certain, but I speculate that crosses like these were made for either measuring the extent of the mines, but again, this is only speculation. Just when the rest of the Cavemen were starting to wonder if this cross was just a product of my own imagination, I found the right spot. I knew it was here, because I had seen it myself some 20 years ago, but now it was covered by earth and moss. It was quite satisfactory to find this and uncover it once again, so that people can see it. It makes me think about how easily history and sites can be forgotten and overgrown.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cross</td></tr>
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Moving along down to the mine itself, we could clearly see where it had been, due the infill that had sunk into the shafts over the years. But still, narrow passages into the mines below could be seen every now and then.<br />
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In an early report I wrote about the need to keep a sharp eye open and pay close attention to where one steps when walking off the paths in this area. I'll give you a few photo examples. During the hundreds of years these mines have been abandoned, trees have fallen inn, along with debris, that in turn has had moss growing on it for decades, maybe centuries. This results in a lot of pits and shafts that aren't clearly visible. Stepping into one could give you a wet experience, or possibly a dangerous fall into the depths below.<br />
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Still other places deep in these forests, there are shafts only 3 feet wide, but deeper than one would like to fall. When walking along in the bush, looking straight ahead, many of these aren't visible until you're a few steps away. In the picture below we came walking in from the right hand side, and while keeping an eye out for them, this one still took us by surprise. Had we been equipped with proper ropes and safety gear this would have been a nice one to explore. Maybe we'll be back one day..<br />
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This had been a nice trip to a few of the hundreds of mines in the area. We'll definitely be back to more of these at a later date, but for now, I was off to Oslo.. So keep posted. <br />
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-Caveman 001-<br />
<br />Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-88505636688152036682014-01-04T17:45:00.000-08:002014-01-04T17:46:14.322-08:00CME Expedition 16<u>Location:</u> Skien, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001, 002, 003, 007.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Ironmine.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Abandoned.<br />
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Still out in the forests west of Skien city, we decided to check out what is said to be the biggest of the old iron mines out here, the Breigangen mine. They started mining this particular site sometine during the 1600's.<br />
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Rumors have it that this mine has a depth of about 67 meters (220 feet). The lower parts of the mine are filled with water, but coming close to the fenced in areas of the shafts you can still get a good impression of the size of this thing. While here we were talking about, making guesses as to how long time has gone by since anyone last explored the accessible parts of this mine. Who knows? Well, enough talk, let's see some pictures already..<br />
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Hopefully well be back here one day equipped with good climbing gear and the proper knowledge on how to explore this type of site safely. If we do, we'll be sure to take some pictures for you to see.<br />
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-Caveman 001-Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-22095756378156800032013-11-16T16:45:00.002-08:002013-11-17T05:29:59.869-08:00CME Expedition 15<u>Location:</u> Skien, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001, 002, 003, 007.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Ironmine.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Abandoned.<br />
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As described in <a href="http://cavemenexplorers.blogspot.no/2013/10/cme-expedition-11.html" target="_blank">Expedition 11</a>, Norway has a lot of natural resources that other nations have been more than willing to exploit. Let's take a journey back in time...to the year 1538. Norway is under danish rule, and will continue to be so until we get our constiution in 1814, after which we enter into a union with Sweden for almost a hundred years. But either way, back on track..the year is 1538 and the danish king Christian III orders a mining expert from Saxony to travel to the area of Skien to prospect for iron. The german mining expert's name is Hans Glaser. He has loads of experience from mining in eastern Germany. After poking around in the hills west of Skien he sends a letter to the danish king saying something along the lines of "God has shown us mercy by placing an abundance of iron ore in Skien, in plenty and wide locations."<br />
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Hans Glaser goes about making major plans for developing Skien into a mining town. This is said to be the earliest know comprehensive plan for developing industry in Norway. This was never to materialize though. Based on experience from Saxony, Hans Glaser had expected the ores to widen as they mined further down into the mountain. They didn't..they were widest near the surface and narrowed as one descended.<br />
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The nearby ironworks of Fossum were established, and in 1543 Glaser reports that the first mine is up and running and iron production at Fossum has commenced. This first mine, the "Glaser Mine" (It probably didn't have this name in 1543.) is the oldest ironmine that can be dated in Norway. The Glaser mine was only the first mine of many in this area, and Fossum ironworks stopped production as late as 1867 after more than 300 years of producing canons, ovens and so forth. Unfortunately most of Fossum ironworks is gone today. The Castle of the owners (quite spectacular), along with the gunpowder house remain to this day. There is an estimated 400-600 mines of various size in the hills west of Skien, most of them not secured by fences, and anyone traveling to this area is advised to stick to the paths and to show caution to where one steps if going of road. (The Cavemen experienced this when traveling through the wilderness, but we were prepared and cautious and therefore avoided falling into the abyss on several occations.)<br />
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The Glaser Mine was an obvious destination for the Cavemen!!<br />
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We set out early one saturday morning. I hop on into the cavemobile, and with exploration music blaring out of the speakers to set the mood, I head for 003's hideout. Soon after, 007 was picked up for his first expedition and we were off. 002 was supposed to meet us on site with his girlfriend, but after a distress call we ended up picking up him aswell. All four of us packed into my little Toyota Yaris, we were ready for action, until 002 decided he couldn't go anywhere without his dose of morning coffee. A few take away coffee's later we're back on road and find the designated parking. We gear up and head off into the bush. After 20 minutes of walking we are met by the first warning signs..we're getting close.<br />
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We kept on walking, headed for the minetunnel that goes straight into the hill we were approaching. Soon enough we get there and have a little break before heading into the darkness. I pull out a small bag of candles and 003 looks at me like I've just proclaimed being fond of other men. I laugh him off, considering 007 and I have both put children into the world! Either way, I was hoping to get some cool shots inside the mine, turning off the flash and only using the light from the candles. I head off into the mine with the first candle lit and place it where I see fit. The rest of the guys quickly follow, grabb candles and place them as we venture further into the darkness.<br />
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It was an awesome feeling walking through this miningtunnel thinking about the primitive methods of mining they had in the 16th century. <br />
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After walking and placing candles for about 40 meters (120 ft.) we hit the end, there had been a cave-in here at some point in time and the tunnel was blocked. We went back out for some fresh air and warmth. By now 003 had realised what I was trying to achieve with the candles, as it now dawned on him that we could traverse the whole thing without flashlights, only guided by the candles. It gave a special feeling that in no terms can be transcribed to text or photo. I tried to get the shots I mentioned earlier, but unfortunately i'm not that much of a photographer. ( Maybe one day.) I'll throw along a few anyway, just to give you an idea.<br />
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After a few journeys back and forth taking pictures, I told the guys about an access point across the hill that lead down into a cave containing a small lake. They needed no convincing and so we were off. Once there my camera was bugging out, so I got no good pictures from the inside but i'll throw in a shot of the entrance itself.<br />
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We entered the cracks in the picture above and found ourselves in a cavern with a small lake. There were side entrances back into the mine we had previously explored, but we were cut off by collapses and water. Caveman 007 was all eager and began planning absailing into the cut off sections from above, and so the rest of us had to calm him down...you've got to applaude his dedication though, but one thing at a time right. That being said, it's an interesting thought..people may not have been down there, in the closed off sections for hundreds of years..would be nice if the Cavemen were amongst the first to really map this thing in a proper way.<br />
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On our way back across the hill, 007 was creeping on all four into every nook and cranny looking for ways into the mine. Some were fenced off, leading a long way down judging by the small rocks we threw in, others were small entrances not really leading into the mine itself, being blocked by cave-ins. 003 had one hell of slide down a slope, getting a few bruises, but nothing a Caveman can't handle right?! He's now a nominee for injury award during the Cavemen Awards 2014. (Until I came home and found out I had a bug stuck to my thigh...a bug known to carry the disease Borrelia, making you insane.) So in the words of 003: "During the spring of 2014, if you start climbing walls in bunkers, trying to convince the rest of us that you're Spiderman, you deserve that award by a mile." <br />
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<br />Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-71251888805662564802013-11-10T12:15:00.000-08:002013-11-10T13:47:35.659-08:00CME Expedition 14<u>Location:</u> Skien, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001, 004.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Defence Post, WW2.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Abandoned.<br />
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After exploring the location in expedition 13, we got back in the car and continued our journey. It was still early in the evening, sunny and warm, and caveman 004 was ready for some more exploring. We decided to have a look for a defence position built by the germans during the second world war, reported to be nearby. This place was located on a little hill right in the middle of a field, so we had to drive a little back and forth to find a place to park. We saw a guy standing by the side of the road and decided to ask him politely if we could park on his property for half an hour. He replied with a grin, so I was curious to see if the car was there at all when we got back, or if it had been stripped for all usable parts. Either way, we climbed the little hill and the following picture illustrates what we saw.<br />
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We looked at eachother thinking 'how the hell are we going to find anything here'? It was the right spot, so we carried on through the bush, fighting off branches and bugs, carefull not to fall into overgrown trenches. Then, at last we spotted concrete, though heavily overgrown after being abandoned for the past 68 years. This was a perfect caveman playground and a nice find. All we had to do now was find a good entry point.<br />
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After pushing through branches and trees a little while longer, we found the entry point. All of a sudden a horse comes riding by litterally 20 ft. from where we stand, but the rider has no chance of spotting us, as this place is so overgrown. It made us wonder how much of the surrounding bush the germans would have left standing when making this place. The trees around us seemed to be quite young, but this could have been cut down and re-grown several times since the war. Caveman 004 jumped on in, and while I took pictures from above, 004 was moving along down in the trench.<br />
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It didn't take long before it branched off into two paths..towards two different shooting positions.<br />
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We decided to check out the path on the left hand side in the picture above. Branches and small trees down in the trench served the purpose of natural barriers, but 004 carried on and got to the first shooting position. It had a raised platform and niches in the wall for storing ammo.<br />
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After heading back to the intersection and choosing the other path, 004 crouched down to get a shot of where we came from. If you imagine his camera replaced by a gun, it sort of looks like he's defending the trench from a rear attack.<br />
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The second shooting position turned out to be a bit bigger than the first, and was overbuildt with what the germans called wellblech, but still had the raised platform and ammo niches in the walls.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Position 2</td></tr>
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Having found the extent of the trench system we climbed up and headed to the front of the structure to get an impression of what potensial enemies would see, that's when 004 discovered that they had even built a draining system to keep water out of the trenches.<br />
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Once down from the little hill we had been on, we turn back towards the second position and discussed how this must have been quite a strategic position, it overlooks the field nearby and a little lake, and it's relatively well concealed. Besides the fact that it uses natural rock, the germans probably fitted it with their own camouflage.<br />
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So now to the question about why the germans constructed this position just here? Well, it's hard to tell really. It's not situated close to any place of obvious strategic value. The guys over at the <a href="http://www.kystfort.com/forum/" target="_blank">kystfort</a> forum speculate that this may have been constructed to protect a seaplane port down by the lake, or it could have been here to defend against airborne troops landing in the area. I have no idea which is correct, but the germans constructed several inland positions up in the county of Telemark during the last stages of the war. A lot of the original german records from the war are simply gone, so it could be hard to find out. We'll keep you posted if we do. Oh, by the way...the car was still there when we got back!<br />
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<u>Members:</u> 001, 004.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Industrial, Waterworks (?).<br />
<u>Status:</u> Active.<br />
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Sometimes, when i'm headed up into the county of Telemark I stop the car a little northwest of Skien city and take a leak at this location. I have seen the weird looking structure there several times before and always wondered what it was, but I have never had the camera with me until now. Caveman 004 and I were out spelunking one day after work, and decided to have a closer look at this place. Once there we parked the car and scanned the area for potentially curious onlookers. There seemed to be none, so we carried on down to the structure itself.<br />
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The back side of this thing, whatever it may be is right next to the main road. (You can just catch a glimpse of the car parked behind the tree on the left hand side.) Anyway, we surfed on down the little slope in the picture, almost falling headlong when tripping over some roots. Once in front of the entrance I noticed something different from when I was here last a few weeks earlier, namely the small red stickers that are present on the door. They gave some insight into who ran this place, but posed some new questions as well.<br />
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The first sign carries the logo of Herøya Industrial Park. Ok, so they run this place we figure, but it still didn't offer any clue as to what this place was or why it was here. Sign number two warns of alarms directly linked to the police and that access is restricted to the personel of Herøya Industrial Park. While talking back and forth about what this place could be, we headed on over to the second structure on the site.<br />
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Structure number two also bears the same stickers on the door, so we got confirmation that they are related. This one seems to lead under the road behind it. To get an impression of size and depth, 004 went over and shouted through the horisontal openings in the door only to hear the echo ring back out, so it seems this goes quite a stretch in behind the door. Considering the newly discovered fact that this was industry related, combined with the fact that we had a lake behind us, we decided to look for a water intake. We had a working theory that this could be some power generating facility, but we were no where near a waterfall so this would be strange if true. Either way, after a few minutes looking about the site, we did however find old signs warning of danger due to a water intake from the lake. This in itself posed new questions.<br />
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While looking for info on the web now, maps of properties and buildings identify this property as owned by the municipality of Skien, and the structure itself is identified as "other preparedness building." The strange thing is that Herøya Industrial Park is located in the neighboring municipality. There is about 10km (6,5 miles) between this place and Herøya Industrial Park. If they generate power here, where are the power lines leading back out of it? Are there tunnels transporting the power all the way (10km!!) through the mountain? (Not very likely!). What are they doing here? We took our photos and got back in the car even more puzzeled than when we came. Maybe we'll figure it out one day..<br />
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"UPDATE": Just found out that the company Hydro that first built industry at the place now called Herøya Industrial Park actually did build a 10 km long tunnel through the mountain to maintain a supply of fresh water for their industrial processes..10 KM!! Wow..that makes me even more curious.. <br />
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-Caveman 001-Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-78124335684089018772013-10-21T14:02:00.002-07:002013-10-21T14:49:42.329-07:00CME Expedition 12<u>Location:</u> Skien, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001, 004.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Shelter.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Re-Used.<br />
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Surfing the web, actually looking for info on another location, I stumbled across mentions of a civil defence command post literally 5 min. drive from my house. 004 was ready to go that day as he hadn't been out exploring for a while, so I picked him up on the way there. The place we were headed to, called command post Bergsland was at one point sold to the <span class="st">municipality of Skien, who in turn intended to use it as an archive for the municipality. It is still in use as an archive today, so there was no hope of entering it at this stage. That being said, I do have plenty of unanswered questions and unconfirmed locations that need answering, so I might get in touch with them at some later date. If so, I will be sure to bring my camera with me. Anyway we rolled up to the front..catching weird looks from the next door neighbour watering the plants in her garden, and I can't say I really blame her, considering the following from her point of view.. (Here she is, enjoying herself when all of a sudden this car she hasn't seen before rolls up, two bearded guys come jumping out, taking a few pictures of the door next to her house, leading off into the mountain, and no sooner had they come, they jump back in the car and drive off, nodding their heads to her, smiling, as they pass.) Bet that was a topic around the dinner table that evening. On a side note, luckily this ain't the home of the brave..or she would have taken a quick phone call and we would have been renditioned off to some remote location for "questioning". Well, enough ranting..Let's see what this place looks like..</span><br />
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<span class="st">As with the location in <a href="http://cavemenexplorers.blogspot.no/2013/08/cme-expedition-2.html" target="_blank">Expedition 2</a>, this entrance has also clearly been rebuilt. I don't know if the usual blast proof doors are still intact behind what we can see today though. Again there was this sign warning about surveillance, but either they have been very clever at concealing it, or it simply doesn't exist. A bit off to the right hand side in the first picture, just outside the frame we again found a strange feature. In Expedition 2, I speculated whether or not it could be connected to some sewer system. Finding it again here, in just the same position in relation to the shelter and identical, I draw the conclusion that at both locations it has something to do with the shelter itself. I'll throw up a picture for you..so you can compare it to the similar looking feature in <a href="http://cavemenexplorers.blogspot.no/2013/08/cme-expedition-2.html" target="_blank">Expedition 2</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="st">Finishing off, i'm just gonna throw out a little speculative something..if you compare these two images, you'll probably, just as I have, notice that there are manholecovers in front at both locations. I for one, would sure like to have a look inside, to figure it out. One thing is for sure..We'll keep it in mind if we come across these at a seemingly abandoned or disused location.</span><br />
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<span class="st">-Caveman 001-</span>Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-19951118492591709102013-10-17T14:56:00.000-07:002013-10-17T14:57:50.913-07:00CME Expedition 11<u>Location:</u> Skien, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001, 002, 003.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Industrial, Waterworks.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Semi-Active Area.<br />
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First off, the city of Skien is located right between an inland waterway and a river that runs to the sea. This geographical position has given Skien the basis for growth. It has been settled for a very long time, some speculate that it could be one of the oldest densely settled areas in Norway. Excavations in the center of town during the late 70's indicated that it has been an urban area atleast as far back as 1000 AD. (As urban as you could get back then, that is.) Either way..you can read up on the early history yourself.<br />
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Fast foreward a few hundred years to the 1500's and Skien is rapidly beginning to industrialise. Extensive mining is started north-west of the city along with ironworks and everything that goes with it. (You could already tell we are going to explore those mines later on, couldn't you?) In the rest of Europe there is also a growing need for timber, cities burn to the ground and thus need to be rebuilt. Trading across the seas is expanding, so huge merchant fleets are being created. Norway, and Telemark in particular has lots of deep forests, so naturally (no pun intended) there is money to be made. Keeping this in mind, Skien being located right where these two waterways meet is in a very strategic position. The inland waterway is slightly more elevated than the river to the sea, so there are lots of waterfalls..perfect locations for sawmills. And there were lots!! So the timber would be floated down to Skien from the depths of Telemark, treated at the sawmills, before being shipped of to foreign markets. Skien, with all of it's sawmills, sawdust, timber, planks and so forth has been very prone to fire and has burned to the ground and rebuilt countless times. The map below gives you an impression of the area, although it's hard to overstate the completely changed nature of the landscape since then.<br />
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As a result of all the activity, building, rebuilding, drilling holes, infills, digging holes, carving out of tunnels and so on during the last 500 years..this former industrial area of Skien now offers a plenthora of tunnels and things to be discovered. We have only been here once, taking a quick peek, getting a feel of the area..but we will be back, because there are lots to be discovered and to learn here. I'll stop writing now, and just hit you with a few tunnel pics..<br />
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-Caveman 001-Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-91456424623656180502013-10-09T14:02:00.000-07:002013-10-21T14:50:07.563-07:00CME Expedition 10<u>Location:</u> Porsgrunn, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001, 002, 003.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Infrastructure, Emergency Tunnel.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Active / Open.<br />
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While driving between locations on our trip to check out some sites in Porsgrunn, 002 all of a sudden shouts out.. "Stop the car, I think I saw something!" I pull over and 002 heads on across the road where he has just spotted some concrete stairs leading down to who knows what. We were in the middle of a residential area, so there was no obvious reason for this being here. Still in the car, 003 and I were quite excited and waiting for 002 to show up again. It's hard to describe the smile on his face when he peaked over the concrete wall, so naturally I spun the car around and found a place to park.<br />
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002 told me to go down and feel the door, and he didn't have to ask me twice. He held the camera, taking a few shots while he was at it. I headed on down the stairs already knowing that this had to be open, judging by the look on his face. I was soon to know why he had such a big smirk on. <br />
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Stepping inside we were quite stunned, thinking "what the hell is it we've just found here?" There were lights on in the ceiling and stairs headed further down.<br />
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The other guys were headed down the stairs the instant we stepped foot inside, while I tried to get some photos of the process and the entrance itself. As seen in the picture above, the stairs continue on down to the right, beyond the corner. As soon as they hit the platform and peaked around they simultaneously said "You've <u>got to</u> come see this s**t!" Still having no idea what this place was I quickly followed. It's hard to describe the jittery feeling you get when you discover something like this. I'll just let the next picture give you an impression of what was around the corner.<br />
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This had to be amongst the cooler places we had found thus far. We carefully proceeded on down the stairs, after noticing the rocks that had fallen from the ceiling, scattered around the stairs. Next picture is a bit beyond halfway down to the bottom.<br />
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Running a scan of my mind, it was beginning to dawn on me what this place was, considering our geographical location, the direction of the stairs and the difference in elevation. But i'll get to that in a moment..<br />
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Reaching the bottom of the stairs we were quite cautious about the orange light you can see on the right hand side of the door in the picture above. For all we knew it could be some sort of alarm. None of us fancied running back up all these stairs after setting something off. Getting a bit closer we figured out that in all likelyhood this was no alarm, but we still have no idea of what it's function was. Hearing sounds coming from the other side of the door, my suspicions about the nature of this place were confirmed.<br />
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Checking the door, we found it was locked from the other side. The place we had found here was an emergency exit tunnel from a traffic tunnel running beneath Porsgrunn. We could hear the cars rushing by at 40 mph. on the other side of the door, and felt no need to step any further. At least we had a new thing on our list while doing research for locations. I'll throw in a couple of shots of our ascent back up to the surface, just for good measure.<br />
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<br />Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-32890949853665429112013-10-09T07:47:00.001-07:002013-10-21T14:50:52.838-07:00CME Expedition 9<u>Location:</u> Skien, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 004.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Industrial/Waterworks?<br />
<u>Status:</u> Partly Active.<br />
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We've had a lot of theories about what might be hiding behind this hatch. Hinges to the left and a solid lock to the right.<br />
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I believe this might be a little lower than the hatch in the previous picture. It's located in the area behind the hatch on the opposite side of the mountain, with quite a simple wooden door. But still..just as locked as the hatch.<br />
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Yet more locks and fencing around the surrounding area by the door. Might have been cheaper to put up the fence insted of securing the hole with a proper metal door. <br />
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Large motors of some sort. Located inside the fenced off area by the door. Turning to the right reveals tunnels stretching further into the mountain behind a shopping mall in the center of town.<br />
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<br />Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-24817471544040542612013-09-26T13:52:00.001-07:002013-09-26T13:53:38.662-07:00CME Expedition 8<u>Location:</u> Porsgrunn, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001, 002, 003.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Train Tunnel.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Inactive / Abandoned.<br />
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During our first trip to Porsgrunn, we were just snooping around visiting some of the sites we knew about. One of the targets for the day was an old, abandoned industrial train tunnel which runs underneath most of Porsgrunn. The tracks branch of from the main line, run a total stretch of 1883 meters, or 6177 ft. in tunnel before exiting to a large industrial port site.Caveman 003 had wanted to go to this place for a long time after hearing about it. I had been there previously and knew it was easily accessible. After parking the car, and trying not to attract to much attention from a few youngsters playing nearby, we carefully crossed what once would have been a fence, but was now torn down, halfway concealed by small plants. A few feet later our dissappointment was enormous when we saw they had fenced off the tunnel at this previously open end as well. Still bummed out we took some pictures before moving on.<br />
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You would just love to see the inside of those gates wouldn't you? Well, we are not the first ones here, probably not the last either. Respect goes out where respect is due, so go check their pictures of this place. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/79240367@N07/" target="_blank">BarkUE</a> , <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/olavxo/sets/72157629668022192/" target="_blank">Olav XO</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52192119@N05/sets/72157627142008872/" target="_blank">28 Days Later</a> . Great pictures by these guys. <br />
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Our journey to Porsgrunn would still turn out to be a major success though, 002 noticed something amazing by chance, but i'll keep that for a later post. <br />
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<u>Locations</u>: Porsgrunn, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001, 002, 003. <br />
<u>Types:</u> Shelters.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Unknown, Active, Abandoned.<br />
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We headed out one sunny day to check out three of Porsgrunn's shelters. There are others, but these have yet to be explored. The first one we actually just stumbled upon. I was waiting for a green light while pointing out the window towards a steep, rocky surface in the middle of town, saying something like "that's the sort of place you'd expect to find a shelter", and lo and behold.. 002 replies "I'll be damned!" There actually was one right there, so obviously we turned the car around and found a place to park. As is usual, this was locked, but there are as mentioned before usually at least one other way in to a place like this. I happened to come across a document concerning regulations when building shelters. The document dating back to 1948 described how a shelter needed to be constructed with one emergency exit for each 100 people it was designed to provide shelter for. So I think we'll be back to this one to have a closer look at the surroundings. One last interesting thing about this place are the hooks, located just above the doors. We haven't encountered these at any of the other shelters we have been to. <br />
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Next up was the command central for civil defence operations in our part of Norway. We were expecting to meet guys at work there, possibly being questioned about what we were doing, snooping around like this. But this late in the evening it was all quiet, they might have been watching us from behind a camera, who knows, but the only ones we ran into were a couple of girls riding around on their bikes. So unless these eight year old girls were undercover, we seemed to have the place to ourselves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">002 & 003 Exploring</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pipes Above Drive In Entrance</td></tr>
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Last up for the day was a shelter I had driven past countless times, but had sort of just forgotten about. It was about time we took a closer look. 002 & 003 were both eager. By the time I had parked the car, they were already halfway out of their seats and looking for action. I followed close behind, trying to document..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Intakes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Lock Makes Me Suspect This Has Been Closed For A Long Time</td></tr>
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-Caveman 001-Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-77875855958665657152013-09-13T06:34:00.000-07:002013-09-19T13:33:30.263-07:00CME Expedition 6<u>Location:</u> Skien, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001, 002, 003.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Shelter.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Abandoned / Buried.<br />
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Doing some research about shelters in Skien i stumbled across a document detailing how a company was awarded the contract of emptying, securing, sealing and concealing a disused shelter just ouside of town. The contract was awarded in early june, so time was of the essence. I had my hopes up as I picked up 002 & 003, but my hopes were soon to be shattered. By the looks of things, they had just finished, probably no more than a week before we got there. I went back a week or so later after 002 reported that they had finished covering the entrance with piles of dirt. Next summer, when plants and weeds reclaim the territory, there will most likely be no trace that there has been anything here at all. But the cavemen know about the 650 sq.feet of cave that lies hidden beneath tons of dirt...the cavemen know!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meet Destructo</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where's My Hazmat Suit?</td></tr>
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-Caveman 001-Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-46486312741510508082013-09-01T14:33:00.001-07:002013-09-01T15:00:48.622-07:00CME Expedition 5<u>Location:</u> Skien, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Shelter, Garage.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Active / Re-Used.<br />
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This is one of those, "Why didn't I take pictures while I still had the chance?!" type places.<br />
I'm talking about a former bomb shelter complex in the center of town. I was out ordering some take-away the other day, partly as an excuse to take closer look at this place. Besides..I was just plain old hungry. Public parking areas in the center of Skien had long been an issue of debate. Finally a company was started with the aim of constructing a parking garage into the rock, close to the city center. This was seen as a practical solution, much due to the fact that this place was hollow to begin with, as it had previously been a bomb shelter that the government was now trying to sell. How far back the history of this place goes is uncertain. I tried to do some research, and luckily stumbled upon archives concerning the civil defence of this region. That being said, they were still classified until about 2030-2040. (Oh, how I would have loved to take closer look at those.) But what I can say is that what is now the walking entrance/exit (pictures below) used to have gates and double blast proof doors. They refurbished this area and then drilled a drive-in entrance straight into the mountain a few meters up the street. After having been at it for at least a year or so, the new parking garage opened for public use in the spring of 2010. But there were a few complications along the way..(<a href="http://www.ta.no/nyheter/article6423859.ece">Newsarticle In Norwegian</a>.) For those of you who read the report from Expedition 3, the entrance in the last two pictures of that report is located straight above this garage / former bomb shelter. There are things indicating that there could be more to this parking garage than meets the eye when you come inside, I believe it originally extended further, but I'll get back to that. Enough talk, it's picture time..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drive-In</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walk-In</td></tr>
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The parking area spans at least 3 stories into the ground, or 6 half-floors. If you notice the walls in the next picture, they appear to be just plain rock, covered with concrete. This could turn out to support my theory about this place originaly being larger than what meets the eye, but first..the walls.<br />
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So when you keep driving down towards the very bottom of this complex, taking u-turns at every floor, all the walls look like those in the picture above, until you get to the bottom floor that is..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sealed Off?</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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When you get to the bottom floor and could be expected to take another u-turn you meet this straight, smooth looking wall, in great contrast to the rest of the complex. Could this be a bricked up, sealed off part of the former bomb shelter? I Don't know, I'm only speculating here, but there a few other interesting features in this place. Next up, a picture of a door that leads further into the mountain in the back of the complex.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Who Knows Where This Goes?</td></tr>
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Ok, there are a few more things to substantiate my claims. First off, drawing lines on maps reveals that the main train tunnel through the city, that is mentioned in earlier reports must be right behind this complex somewhere. For many years there have been discussions amongst local politicans about proposals for a new train station located inside this mountain, instead of, just north of the city center where it's presently located. Guess where one of the proposed entrances to this intended train station would be? Yes, exactly where this garage later turned out to be built! Second, I already mentioned above that the two last pictures in report 3 are located above the garage, but it's hard to say where, (if at all) the stairs end up in this parking garage. Third, the rest of the expedition 3 report contains pictures of a complex that is in so close proximity to this garage that it would be rather odd if they weren't connected in one way or another. Fouth, a few meters down the street from the walk-in entrance, and just below the expedition 3 site, we find this little beauty..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not The Car..The Gate!!</td></tr>
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This is confirmed to be the entrance to telecom tunnels. I read a report about former employees of a telecom company that was once located in the building you get a glimpse of to the left. They were back on a reunion type thing, and they got a guided tour of the <u>tunnels</u>. Meaning there is more than just a single room behind this gate. As a last little interesting feature on the outside, I'll leave you with this little door right next to the walk-in entrance. During the bomb shelter years, this door would have been located right inside of the gates and it has these small bolt looking things all over. Imagine the hull of an early 1900's ship and you get the idea..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heavy Metal</td></tr>
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This mountain right in the heart of the city is starting to look like swiss cheese, full of holes..<br />
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-Caveman 001-<br />
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<br />Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-52226908894752929592013-08-26T07:23:00.000-07:002013-09-03T16:01:18.656-07:00CME Expedition 4<u>Location:</u> Skien, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001, 003, 004.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Shelter.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Abandoned.<br />
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When exploring, sometimes you poke around for a while, only hitting dead ends and locked doors. Yet once in a while, Lady Luck works her magic and you manage to find a way in. This was to be one of those occations, and we struck gold! Bigtime...<br />
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Having packed flashlights, camera and gear, I fired up the cavemobile and set out to pick up Caveman 003 and 004. It was a bright and sunny evening and we had little expectations about what we might find at the designated location. Once we got there, we geared up and snooped around until we managed to find the main entrance. These were the usual type, double blast proof doors, but with no way of entering. They didn't seem to be locked from the outside though, but still, they wouldn't budge. We decided to take some pictures before we carried on.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Got To Know It To Find It</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main Entrance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Air Intakes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Communication & Cables</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lock</td></tr>
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Still, we weren't quite ready to give up. As mentioned in other reports, a location like this usually has more than one way in or out. Due to the fact that this place was heavily overgrown and clearly abandoned, we had to fight our way through branches and debris. Then we found it (...) The secondary entry point, and it was open!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Second Entry</td></tr>
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I'll just let the pictures of what happened next, do the rest of the talking..<br />
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Our first complete success! We'll be back for another look, taking some more pictures. There are still unexplored parts and corners of this complex...<br />
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-Caveman 001-Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-5647968460586790862013-08-24T05:21:00.000-07:002013-09-01T17:26:58.576-07:00CME Expedition 3<u>Location:</u> Skien, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Shelter.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Active / In Use.<br />
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Had a little spare time one evening, so went out for a stroll, bringing the camera along. The mission was checking out the outside of what could possibly be the largest shelter complex we have in this city. I know for a fact that this must be big, because a couple of years ago I walked by when they were doing some sort of work in there. The doors were open, and they had this little excavator just inside the blast proof doors. I went over to ask the two guys that were working there if I could have a look just beyond the doorway, but got turned away for lack of security clearance (!) But what I did manage to do was notice that beyond the doors, the tunnel ran as far into the mountain as my eyes could see and there were plenty of doorways leading off to either side. One of those working there could see I was just a curious guy and let me know that amongst other things, this shelter is connected to the train tunnel mentioned in Expedition 1. There are all sorts of rumors about these tunnels and what the complex contains. Most likely there is a whole lot of telecommunications equipement in here. But one thing is clear..they're enormous. As an interesting side note, during a national guard exercise about 10 years ago I walked past and they had guards stationed at all the entrances to this place, and there are quite a few scattered throughout the city. Enough talk..lets get down to business..<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">After rummaging around for a while I found something that could prove to be interesting. There is no telling what could be down here, who knows, there might be a secondary emergency hatch somewhere. There are often more than one way into these places.But as can be seen from the last picture, exploring needs to wait for another time, equipped with better footwear, flashlights and fellow cavemen</span>..<br />
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Before heading home I decided to swing by another one of the entrances to this complex, situated relatively close by. I'll let the pictures speak for them selves. There might be several expeditions around this area to find more entrances and trying to find the extent of this complex.. <br />
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-Caveman 001- <br />
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Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-83864660367984267392013-08-23T14:12:00.000-07:002013-08-23T14:12:44.210-07:00CME Expedition 2<u>Location:</u> Skien, Norway<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001, 002.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Shelter<br />
<u>Status:</u> Active / In Use.<br />
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On my way to check out another of Skien's shelters, I picked up Caveman 002, who came along for the ride. As usual, location is need to know info. This one appears to have been decomissioned at some point in time, although it is still in use. Rumor has it that the shelter was sold to a pistol club for use as a shooting range, but I haven't been able to confirm this. Whoever took over, rebuilt the entrance, putting an outer casing on the original door, and the signs identifying this as a shelter have been removed. I still remember these from back when I was a young Caveboy. Looking into what likely seems to be the emergency exit, there haven't been any changes for at least the last 20 years. This could indicate that whoever took over only utilised a portion of the complex. By a stroke of luck, both Caveman 004 and I have been inside a tiny section of this shelter. But, first things first...<br />
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I mentioned that Caveman 004 and I both have been inside. Back in the day when we were just cavechildren, we played alot around in this area. The local fire department used to run fire drills, evacuation drills or whatever down here and one time they happened to forget locking this hatch. We were quite exited to enter. Once inside we fumbled around on our hands and knees in the darkness for a while, right up until we turned our heads to the ceiling and noticed spiders the size of bulldogs! Thinking back now, they probably weren't all that big, but at the time they seemed huge and they were all over! Anyway..we got out in a hell of a hurry! It's a damn shame though, would love to see the inside of that hatch again, who knows..it might have been intended as a secondary escape route, and would thus have provided a way in. <br />
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Taking a look through the mesh wire, covering what I presume is the emergency exit, reveals that tunnels run further into the darkness, and storage of what looks like watertanks covered in plastic. <br />
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Just outside this shelter we find this air intake/exhaust? It might be connected to the shelter in one way or another. There is also the possibility that it is connected to the sewer systems that run underneath the area, seeing as there is a sewage treatment facility close by. Taking a closer look reveals mesh wire on the inside of the tube. Have seen this been used on bunkers to prevent grenades from being dropped into the air intake, but i'm just speculating here.. This shelter holds sort of a special place for me, since I spent most of my childhood living in the area, speculating about how large of a shelter we might be talking about here..<br />
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-Caveman 001- <br />
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<br />Cavemen Explorershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713121244992386149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739911774815569870.post-33804050870286981182013-08-22T16:22:00.001-07:002013-08-22T16:26:17.536-07:00CME Expedition 1<u>Location</u>: Skien, Norway.<br />
<u>Members:</u> 001.<br />
<u>Type:</u> Shelter.<br />
<u>Status:</u> Active / In Use. <br />
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Headed out on a solomission to check out one of Skien city's bomb shelters. Did a little research before I headed out, and it turns out this is still in use in one way or another. There are quite a few of these shelters around. They are remnants of the cold war era, when we were still afraid of being nuked by the Soviet Union. Not very likely to happen today, thus a lot of these shelters have been decomissioned. Some are still in use as part of the civil preparedness program, some have been sold off, but there are a few that seems to have been just closed, locked up and forgotten. I went to check out the status of one. Specific location is given on a need to know basis. The interesting thing about this one is that it might possibly be connected to the train tunnel which runs underneath parts of the city center. But hey, one expedition at a time, right? Here we go...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rusty Gates</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emergency Exit</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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From the looks of things, this place is still in use, judging by the lights being on inside the emergency exit. No obvious way into this place. Taking a peek through the air intake by the emergency exit reveals white walls, no sign of moisture, and steep stairs heading down into the ground to the right. Strange how the emergency exit is so well kept on the inside, while the main entrance showed no sign of maintainance. A wild guess is that the emergency exit is still in use as a secondary emergency exit from the train tunnels, while the former bomb shelter part of the system is left disused. Anyway, thinking about the underground world that lies hidden just behind these doors gives me thrills.<br />
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-Caveman 001- <br />
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