28DL and UE in the News This is London - 28DL 17/8/09

[Bigjobs]

Thought it was very well written.

Loved this

Even the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents concedes that: “Although we don't endorse it, these people are very skilled and know what they're doing.”

Not the usual kind of quote that.

 

[Oxygen Thief]

Not the usual kind of quote that.

Sounds like they've given up condemning us !

 

[Styru]

Yeah but at least it's positive. We could do with more of that.

True - although he threw the word 'illegal' in there a few too many times.

(At least he had the balls to go - rather than the usual 'armchair researched' crap we see)

 

[cat_bones]

Thought it was very well written.

Loved this

Not the usual kind of quote that.

It sounds a bit unlikely... I'm guessing that's not their official stance at any rate!

 

[goan]

Atleast he got out and did an explore. Wonder if he'll put up a report soon?

 

[Za Gringo]

He's apparently been looking in a few places for an inside look/guide. Glad someone took em somewhere. Its definitely a tricky one as they can so easily say one thing and do another but i think its paid off here. Its good he put a lot of research time into it and sounds like he did really enjoyed it.

PS: Excellent write up in your report and quality pictures to go with it by the way payno. One minute its niche website the next your going national media. go girl!!!

Oh there is another Mutoid Waste thing happening in West London soon if you lot fancy it. will pm/buzz you closer the time.

 

[Styru]

Interesting little comment on the londonist.com website about this newspaper article:

London: To Boldly Go....
Oooh - this has got us all excited. Urban exploration. Looking at our fair city upside down, checking out its underbelly. Or to be more precise, going where you shouldn't go and sticking your nose in where it don't belong. Old warehouses, dilapidated monuments, ship wrecks - anything is fair game as long it involves some barbed wire or an insouciant security guard somewhere along the line.

We suppose it had to happen - this is a natural successor to Experimental Travel (which we loved, although it had its detractors). And it kind of goes hand in hand with the rise in popularity of parkour. See, there aren't enough challenges in the world: things are good, for most of us at least. So the quest for new adventure is getting ever more creative. And a lot of us are rather petulantly refusing to grow up/old. This has all the hallmarks of the stuff that we like to do as a kid: get grubby, break rules, climb stuff, push boundaries, piss people off, prove stuff to our peers...

What real kids will make of it all is another matter. Now, where's the wire cutters....

 

[dolomite]

nice objective write up - sound like he actually "got it".

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