onsdag 9. oktober 2013

CME Expedition 10

Location: Porsgrunn, Norway.
Members: 001, 002, 003.
Type: Infrastructure, Emergency Tunnel.
Status: Active / Open.

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.

The Spot
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.

001 In Action
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.

002 & 003 Heading Down The First Flight Of Stairs
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 got to 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.

Endless Stairs
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.

Midway Down
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..

Bottom Of The Stairs

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.

002 Checking Out The Door

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.

Midway Looking Up
Headed Back Out For More Adventures
-Caveman 001-
 


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