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| LAST
EXPLORERS: Lefty on Jinx in MMode magazine. more» |
| FIRST
MAN TO THE NORTH POLE: Commodore Brett X on the great Matthew
Henson. more» |
| HIGH
JINX: Urban exploration atop the Pan Am building, in Time Out
New York. more» |
| CELESTIAL
NAVIGATION : The Commodore shares his expertise. more» |
| AVENUE OF
THE STRONGEST: Exploring the abandoned 18th Street and Worth Street
stations. more» |
| NEW
YORK LOCKDOWN: New York is at its highest-ever security level.
What does this mean for urban exploration in the big town? more»
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| ABSOLUTE
PROOF: With unimpeachable evidence of recent Jinx UE, the Ministry
of Peace orders this site eliminated. more»
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| THE RETURN
OF JINX URBAN EXPLORATION? 2002: first evidence the Jinx Project
may have returned to UE after more than a year. more» |
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EL AUTOBUS DE PELIGRO. What's it like to lose your passport in
Zapatista territory? "The same soldiers who now waved us through
the checkpoints had been in combat only days before, fighting the
guerrillas street-to-street and driving them back into the jungle.
Now they were looking for stragglers, abettors and spies." more»
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| URBAN
EXPLORATION: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY and the HIDDEN CITY. Urban explorers
hurdle third rails, dodge subway trains, and climb bridges. What the
hell is wrong with them? more»
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| COYOTE.
"What I fear most is this: that I will be safe, that danger will
spare me entirely, that I'll die conventionally--smug and purposeless,
having never savored its menace. I fear who I might become if I live
my whole life in the middle, never pushed into the dark margins. The
human race moves with a force launched by centuries of misdirection,
pillage, and neglect. I fear never knowing the intensity of life,
threatening as a stinging blade pressed to the throat, its edge a
border to cross; this is what I hunger for." Agent Kuhl smuggles
illegals over from Mexico. more» |
| CAMBODIA.
"There was a brothel round the corner with outrageous architecture
where the nephew of the Khmer Rouge provincial commander hung out,
and we heard he had a car for rent." more» |
| 24-HOUR
SUBWAY ODYSSEY. Agent Bleach spends a full solar cycle in the
New York Rapid Transit System. "The endless stretches of track and
dim sky reinforce my despair." more»
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| SEX OVER
THE CITY. Urban exploration during the Second World War. "...on
a Monday night, around ten p.m., we entered the Essex house, and told
the sleepy desk manager we were here to check the efficiency and speed
of the roof light blackout. It seemed real to him..." more»
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| SUBMARINE
BASE. Special Agent Maddaloni raids an abandoned Soviet Submarine
base. "...it was a sealed city during the Cold War, akin to those
high-gated communities in Los Angeles, but run with a vigor and capacity
for spite that only the Soviets had." more»
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| THE DARK
PASSAGE OF JULIA. Exploring with the Femme Fatale of New York
Urban Exploration. "...she leads us three men through a sunless
dungeon that hums with live third rails, a single misstep from arrest
or violence. And we follow. " more»
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| THROUGH
THE SYSTEM. The Jinx Prison Survival Guide. " Be on alert
if a prisoner starts trying to find out to much about you, asking
you where you're from, how much money you have, whom you know. This
man is trying to size you up and determine how to exploit you..."
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| TRAIN
SURFING. Jinx assessment of risk. "Sixteen year old Roberto
Rodriguez of Dobbs Ferry, NY, died on May 31, 1994, after having been
knocked off the No. 2 train near the 149th St. station in the Bronx."
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| URBAN
EXPLORATION and the MEDIA. Should urban explorers talk to the
press? more»
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| URBAN
MOUNTAINEERING: THE BROADWAY BRIDGE. It was the perfect challenge.
more»
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URBAN MOUNTAINEERING II: THE WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE. "The goal
of Psy-Op 2-1 was the liberation of the Williamsburg Bridge and the
conspicuous placement of the Jinx Flag at its top." more»
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| URBAN
MOUNTAINEERING III: BUFFALO CENTRAL STATION. A joint mission with
Infiltration. "...the room at the bottom of the stairs was flooded
with about eight feet of frozen water." more»
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| WITNESS
TO ADVENTURE: BROOKLYN BRIDGE. Agent Big Jeff Wilson reports from
the world's great bridge. more»
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| ARMAGEDDON
LITE. Dateline: Israel. Life during wartime. "Exactly ten
days later, the table I was sitting at, along with many other things,
blew up during a weekday afternoon suicide bombing that killed the
three bombers and three teenage girls, among others, and injured over
200 people." more»
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| MONTAUK
PROJECT. Arc Agent Gabriel searches for the secret of Montauk
Air Force ase."the former military outpost has been the focus
of many outside investigations stemming from allegations that it was
once and still is involved cutting edge quantum physics research and
mind control experiments." more»
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| BALKAN DIARIES.
Dateline: Belgrade. "The American Embassy...was still standing,
but the windows had been smashed out and its...walls had been covered
in graffiti. . .One line read: 'The American nation performs fellatio
on me.' " more»
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| BALKAN
DIARIES II. Dateline: Croatia. "Perhaps the people in Zagreb
were right! No Americans could enter Serbia without a stamped passport,
obtained months in advance. Maybe we would be sent back!" more»
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| BALKAN
DIARIES III. Dateline: Zagreb. "...we had discussed the possibility
of illegal entry through Montenegro. For those who really want to
travel to Yugoslavia but don't have the right contacts it is a relatively
simple option. " more»
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| BALKAN
DIARIES IV. Dateline: Zagreb. '...I hope she isn't going to get
some thugs to kill us.' he said. Jesus, I thought, maybe she was.
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| OUTLAW
OUTDOORSMAN. Introduction to caving. "The mere glimpse of
new territory, even a tiny room beyond the blackness, compels a caver
forward, often without hesitation at risk, rappelling down hundreds
of feet or squeezing through cracks 6" high by 12" wide.
You are powerless to say no." more»
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| OUTLAW
OUTDOORSMAN. A gutsy Thanksgiving. "...all caves we explore
are wild, meaning no guides, tours or assistance, even lighting is
provided by anyone but ourselves." more»
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| CLUB
VELOCITY. Drag racing is unsafe. "He pursed his lips smugly
and extended a hand with fingers contorted in a gang-sign. I felt
my stomach stir with fear." more»
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| DENALI.
A view from the roof of North America. more»
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| ECLIPSE
MANIA. Total eclipse, totally radical. more»
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| FISHKICKER.
The world's most dangerous occupation: deep sea fishing in the Bering
Strait. "To make matters worse the little beasts began to weasel
their way into my boots, my ankles nibbled and flapped against. All
I could do was curse and scream. " more»
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| FISHKICKER
II. "he Aleutian Islands stretched before our eyes a submerged
range of towering rocks, raw and beautiful." more» |
| MEXICO
TRAVELOGUE. Agent David Sergenian hitchhikes back to Texas. "a
kindly middle-aged man asked me if I enjoyed "the life."
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| MISSION
TO HAVANA. Lefty looks for answers in Castro's backyard. "...there
was no advertising at all. Instead, huge pictures of Fidel Castro
and Che Guevara peered down at us from billboards, accompanied by
slogans such as 'Socialism or Death' and 'We will not forget the Revolution!'
" more»
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| PARACHUTING.
Fortune favors the prepared. Know how to jump out of a plane. more»
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| BANSHEE.
"I was walking into a dimensional distortion whereby outside
and inside were exchanging roles. That's when I noticed that the tunnel
was curving." more»
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| ART
CRIMES. "...indeed there was a time in New York City when
every subway car in the five boroughs was ablaze with a thousand vibrant
colors. A time when people with names like Taki 183, P Nut, Blade,
Smiley, Airborne, and Iz the Wiz left their marks on the colossal
steel people-movers of the great metropolis." more»
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| CRIMINALLY
INSANE. "Supposedly those intelligent enough to wait until
the snow has melted will find tunnel entrances near the streets surrounding
the buildings. It would be worth checking out, particularly if there's
a morgue at the end of the rainbow. " more»
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| D.C.
RIDE-ALONG. Agent Bleach cruises the Capital's roughest neighborhoods
in a police cruiser. more»
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| SLUMS
OF HONG KONG. Special Agent Née Née, behind Communist
lines. "...in order to teach him a lesson they cut off his right
arm." more»
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| MISSION
SOMALIA. A Jinx Agent recalls his deadly firefight in Somalia.
"I was on the verge of being overrun...my mind went into survival
mode. The closer they were to me, the quicker they died." more»
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