More WW2 Bunker exlporation in Normandy, France.

[Sylvain]

How much rope do you have? The advantage to the boat anchor is that you might be able to wedge it in this brush or even the other entrance. Peut-etre?

Well I didn't think of using the boat anchor as an anchor.
I jus thave 10 meters of rope.

I might be able to wedge it in the grass, throw the rope above the block and climb from the other side.
Not sure if it would hold ...

 

[Sylvain]

I found some metal hooks sticking from the top of a wall.
If they are made of the same thing used for the ladder that's really solid.

The ladder could even use thicker steel than those hooks.

 

[T.Lex]

Sylvain - are you posting in real-time, as you are doing it?

If so, that would be amazing. Its like you're a French explorer-cyborg in a MMORPG controlled by a bunch of Hoosier gun geeks.

 

[Sylvain]

Sylvain - are you posting in real-time, as you are doing it?

If so, that would be amazing. Its like you're a French explorer-cyborg in a MMORPG controlled by a bunch of Hoosier gun geeks.

No, I'm back home.
I will try suggestions from crazy geek Hoosiers later though.

 

[printcraft]

Do you have a really fat friend?

"Buddy, you are my anchor, I can't do it without you."

 

[T.Lex]

Do you have a really fat friend?

Unlikely. All the Americans he knows are here.

 

[printcraft]

Unlikely. All the Americans he knows are here.

It's funny because it's true.

 

[wtfd661]

Do you have a really fat friend?

"Buddy, you are my anchor, I can't do it without you."

If he pays for my ticket over I make a great anchor point!

 

[1911ly]

Well that was the plan, only it didn't work so well.

I had a grappling hook and some rope.
I threw it a couple of times but couldn't get it to stick, plus with my wet shoes I couldn't get a good grip on the concrete either.

Turns out it's not as easy as you see on TV.

Some inspiration for ya buddy!
[video=youtube;cXWUSwu0r9Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXWUSwu0r9Q[/video]

 

[Sylvain]

LOL thanks Larry.

It's a bit ridiculous that I can't reach something that low.Frustrating too.

 

[SEIndSAM]

Very Cool pics Sylvain

 

[JohnE]

How about trying to hook the rungs of the "ladder" inside to hook on to and climb up from there? You're just trying to get to the top so you can climb down. Also cool pics. All of the ones that you have posted of the bunkers are awesome keep up the good work!

 

[1911ly]

LOL thanks Larry.

It's a bit ridiculous that I can't reach something that low.Frustrating too.

What ever you do, just be careful. Do you have anyone with you?? We all want to see this stuff but we want you to be safe too!

 

[indiucky]

Slyvain,

Until this thread I always just thought of you as our resident European who liked to slum with us Hoosier Hillbillies as an experiment in immersive anthropology...Now I see that you are our experiment and you enable us to live vicariously through your adventures....

From this day forth I consider you INGO's very own Gopro camera who shows us things that our Grandfather's may have seen that we would never get the chance to see...Thank you from the bottom of my heart....

From where the sun now sets I will no longer call the Arche De Triomphe the Arch De Full Retreat...

Thanks again for a wonderful thread...I hope to meet you in the real world sometime...

 

[Sylvain]

Slyvain,

Until this thread I always just thought of you as our resident European who liked to slum with us Hoosier Hillbillies as an experiment in immersive anthropology...Now I see that you are our experiment and you enable us to live vicariously through your adventures....

From this day forth I consider you INGO's very own Gopro camera who shows us things that our Grandfather's may have seen that we would never get the chance to see...Thank you from the bottom of my heart....

From where the sun now sets I will no longer call the Arche De Triomphe the Arch De Full Retreat...

Thanks again for a wonderful thread...I hope to meet you in the real world sometime...

Glad you like the thread.

 

[Alamo]

Monsieur Sylvain, you realize, of course, that Cthulu lives at the bottom of that shaft, right? I know you are in France, but surely you have seen some schlocky B-grade American horror movies, haven't you? All you need to do is bring a long a hot jeune fille on your next expedition, and you will be doomed, doomed...

So make sure your GoPro is streaming live video to INGO.

 

[david890]

I guess my urge to go out there with a shovel and a metal detector would probably be frowned upon, then?

I'd have 2 concerns: first, there's probably so much spent ammo and other scrap that your detector would be going off every minute or two. Second, coming upon unexploded ordnance with a shovel! Given the sandy nature of the soil, I suspect there's more UXB around than one might think!

More than a billion artillery shells were fired during WW1, and it's estimated than as many as 1/3 were duds. WW1 gas shells have been unearthed and set off by other ordnance at the Jefferson Proving Ground in southern Indiana! Makes it interesting to live around there!

 

[1911ly]

Slyvain,

Until this thread I always just thought of you as our resident European who liked to slum with us Hoosier Hillbillies as an experiment in immersive anthropology...Now I see that you are our experiment and you enable us to live vicariously through your adventures....

From this day forth I consider you INGO's very own Gopro camera who shows us things that our Grandfather's may have seen that we would never get the chance to see...Thank you from the bottom of my heart....

From where the sun now sets I will no longer call the Arche De Triomphe the Arch De Full Retreat...

Thanks again for a wonderful thread...I hope to meet you in the real world sometime...

He's a Hoosier with a French accent An awesome fellow!

 

[actaeon277]

Be careful.
Being by yourself, you can easily get yourself into a situation that could easily go downhill fast.

 

[Sylvain]

Be careful.
Being by yourself, you can easily get yourself into a situation that could easily go downhill fast.

Yeah I know. I even had my helmet with me. Safety first!