Drains in the Rain
Any responses appreciated
-Jay
I can tell ya from personal experience that Swoo is definitely NOT doable during any rain, light or heavy. It serves a large and steep catchment, and it becomes a torrent during rain.
The ropes are reliable, when they are there, but even short fit people can negotiate the slides with very grippy shoes or boots albeit with some degree of difficulty.
Stay topside when there's any sign of rain, check BOM first. Unless it says 0% chance of rain don't go in a drain.
Blakjak of the Sydney branch of the Cave Clan.
http://www.urbexforums.com/showthread.p ... 5a836a771dblakjak wrote:Where did you read that? Source please.
I can tell ya from personal experience that Swoo is definitely NOT doable during any rain, light or heavy. It serves a large and steep catchment, and it becomes a torrent during rain.
The ropes are reliable, when they are there, but even short fit people can negotiate the slides with very grippy shoes or boots albeit with some degree of difficulty.
They quoted "It starts as a 5'5"ft brick arch at the base of a railway viaduct. Its hidden in a dense grove of spider infested weeds and trees and is fed by the most pitiful creek in Sydney. So pitiful is this creek that the first 300m of the drain is often bone dry and the drain is fully explorable even amidst a major rainstorm."
Hmm, yeah well with all due respect to Doug, that's bullshit. Then again he lives in Melb so he wouldn't have really had a chance to see it during rain.Explorer_J wrote:http://www.urbexforums.com/showthread.p ... 5a836a771dblakjak wrote:Where did you read that? Source please.
I can tell ya from personal experience that Swoo is definitely NOT doable during any rain, light or heavy. It serves a large and steep catchment, and it becomes a torrent during rain.
The ropes are reliable, when they are there, but even short fit people can negotiate the slides with very grippy shoes or boots albeit with some degree of difficulty.
They quoted "It starts as a 5'5"ft brick arch at the base of a railway viaduct. Its hidden in a dense grove of spider infested weeds and trees and is fed by the most pitiful creek in Sydney. So pitiful is this creek that the first 300m of the drain is often bone dry and the drain is fully explorable even amidst a major rainstorm."
There's always a trickle of water in Swoo, one of the slides even has a jet of water constantly pissing on it, you will get slightly wet even at the driest of times.
Blakjak of the Sydney branch of the Cave Clan.
Thanks for all your help Blackjakblakjak wrote:Hmm, yeah well with all due respect to Doug, that's bullshit. Then again he lives in Melb so he wouldn't have really had a chance to see it during rain.Explorer_J wrote:http://www.urbexforums.com/showthread.p ... 5a836a771dblakjak wrote:Where did you read that? Source please.
I can tell ya from personal experience that Swoo is definitely NOT doable during any rain, light or heavy. It serves a large and steep catchment, and it becomes a torrent during rain.
The ropes are reliable, when they are there, but even short fit people can negotiate the slides with very grippy shoes or boots albeit with some degree of difficulty.
They quoted "It starts as a 5'5"ft brick arch at the base of a railway viaduct. Its hidden in a dense grove of spider infested weeds and trees and is fed by the most pitiful creek in Sydney. So pitiful is this creek that the first 300m of the drain is often bone dry and the drain is fully explorable even amidst a major rainstorm."
There's always a trickle of water in Swoo, one of the slides even has a jet of water constantly pissing on it, you will get slightly wet even at the driest of times.
Very very dangerous drain in the rain.
When we got back topside we realised that the water was from the automatic sprinklers of the apartment blocks upstairs! (They must have been going for over an hour but there was a significant amount of run-off from the sprinklers going straight down the drain.)
You can't mention a source without linking the source itself >.<Explorer_J wrote:Another source which I found also said something silly "We took a Canadian film crew down there in 1999... i was 19... it rained, we just kept going, mainly cos Swoo has so many exits... It rained pretty hard, n the drain never got scary."
I can imagine Swoo is very dangerous during the rain. You'd be battered from wall to wall at a ridiculous speed.
"...we create alternative pathways, little fragments of possibility."
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If some kid (or even an adult) reads this thread and then thinks it's ok to go into a drain when it is raining and then something happens to him you/we can be found to be liable. Please use your noggin before posting in here, don't say anything you wouldn't want read back at you in court, trust me on this.
Let me make this clear, it is NEVER safe to go into ANY drain when it's raining or even if it looks like raining, don't be a fool.
BJ
Blakjak of the Sydney branch of the Cave Clan.
Common sense is a rare commodity these days!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nuff said
UH
Sadly, too many people I know think themselves invincible and don't mind hanging off the edge of scaffolding or fighting an oncoming torrent to get that elusive photo, or worse, bragging points.
Wait until the summer and you'll have as many drains as you like in front of you. A long wait, but worth it!
twat
I've posted that I've been into Swoo whilst it was raining and I can tell you it was fcuking dangerous and equally frightening. There I was thinking "great, another news piece" but luckily we got out of there ASAP; there being a damn good reason we got the hell out of there ASAP.
Rain = No Drain.