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    Urban Exploration: URBEX Gear & Urban Exploration Kit

    avatarBy vinja03/02/20223 Comments5 Mins Read
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    URBEX Gear EDC Kit /// Vinjatek
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    Urban(URB) exploration(EX) is a method of exploring manmade structures and locales in a particularly thorough or strategically invasive way. Focusing particularly on abandoned, restricted or otherwise rarely publicly seen areas. As such, these activities often requires special tools and equipment.

    “Urban exploration” is a way to look into the literal underbelly and inner workings of a city as well as rediscovering the figurative former lives of it.

    Whether your traveling abroad to exotic countries or wandering in your hometown, these places are always seen from the outside and dismissed as soon as it’s out of view. It’s also the massive structures hidden in plain site or under our feet that make the city function.

    Unlike traditional travel and exploration, URBEX isn’t about the popular and unknown but the forgotten and unseen environments made by man.

    A journey into the urban jungles and caves.

    Urban Exploration of a Ghetto in Acapulco, Mexico /// Vinjatek
    Urban Exploration of a Ghetto in Acapulco, Mexico

    The most common type of urban exploration is exploring pre-modern and modern structures that are abandoned or condemned. This could be of anything man-made from something as small as a house to amusement parks to as large as fallen cities.

    “Infiltration” is exploring active buildings and facilities by accessing restricted or private areas in order to observe interesting things that few are privy to. This could be to access the rooftop of a commercial building for a view or to see a massive factory in action.

    The most dangerous and perhaps most adventurous type of URBEX urban exploration is exploring below the surface of cities, AKA urban spelunking. These are the tunnels, subways, sewers, catacombs and other underground structures that all major cities are built on top of.

    Whatever the case, it’s about exploring the places where people built and once occupied as well as the operative but elusive or obscure parts of a city.

    Urban Exploration Gear

    Contents

    • 1 Urban Exploration Gear
      • 1.1 Custom Lock Picks
      • 1.2 BSS V3 Flashlight
      • 1.3 Ghost 4K Camera
      • 1.4 CQB Tool
    • 2 Covert Escape Bracelet
    • 3 CF Lapel Dagger Device
    • 4 Conclusion

    An essentials everyday carry URBEX gear of an urban exploration kit, separate from the full loadout: rope, power sources, crowbar, first-aid etc.

    An everyday carry kit is a constantly evolving, ever-changing set of URBEX gear that should be customized for the person’s preferences and situational needs for urban exploration.

    This is a partial / variable gear list for my on-my-person carry and packing list. Most of my equipment is in my TAD Scout and The Adjustable Bag.

    Custom Lock Picks

    Designed specifically for me by Rare Element, this handmade lockpick set is some of the finest and most professional you’ll find anywhere. As a retired operative, I don’t have much use for these other than for urban exploration – to access the inaccessible.

    Urban Exploration Kit + URBEX Gear: Rare Element Custom Lock Picks /// Vinjatek

    Equipped in the specialized left gear pocket of my Vollebak Planet Earth Shirt.

    BSS V3 Flashlight

    This Black Scout Survival tactical torch is an absolute beast at a staggering 1150 lumens brightness and a CQC monster for its indisputable defense capability. Rock solid construction in a nigh beefy but compact form, perfect for when it needs to be weaponized.

    URBEX Gear Equipment EDC: Black Scout Survival BSS V3 Flashlight /// Vinjatak

    Equipped clipped to my belt, rear right.

    Ghost 4K Camera

    I started vagabonding with a GoPro then eventually switched to this, Drift Innovation’s flagship model. In my experience the best action camera available, despite the less than stellar online reviews. It’s tiny, powerful and can shoot like an old school camcorder.

    Read the full review here.

    Urban Exploration Kit + URBEX Gear: Drift 4K Ghost Camera /// Vinjatek

    Equipped on my wrist with a strap I made myself.

    CQB Tool

    A unique and rare titanium mini pry bar from Raidops. Part multi-tool and defense implement. Good URBEX equipment for light jobs of opening or loosening doors, boards and windows plus bolts and nuts – for bigger jobs, the crowbar comes into play.

    Urban Exploration Kit: Raidops CQC Tool /// Vinjatek

    Equipped IWB, angled center right

    Covert Escape Bracelet

    As urban exploration often consists of trespassing and destruction of property, security personnel or law enforcement incidents or even detainment should be expected. This prototype titanium bracelet is designed for escaping restraints if needed.

    URBEX Gear EDC: Covert SERE Escape Bracelet /// Vinjatek

    Equipped on my left wrist.

    CF Lapel Dagger Device

    Due to the relatively illegal nature of urban exploring, it’s best to avoid a weapons charge on top of other potential charges. This carbon fiber impact device with an exploding splinter tip is the answer – for concealment and non-permissive purposes.

    Urban Exploration Kit: Carbon Fiber Lapel Dagger Device /// Vinjatek

    Equipped / holstered in my wristband

    URBEX Gear EDC Kit /// Vinjatek
    URBEX Equipment EDC Kit

    As this is an essentials only list of URBEX gear, a more comprehensive equipment packing list loadout of an urban exploration kit may be necessary.

    - Urban Exploration of Moscow River in Russia -
    Urban Explorer Under a Collapsed Bridge on The Moskva, Russia //
    Burned-Out NDP Building in Cairo, Egypt
    Urban Exploration of the Burned NDP Building in Cairo, Egypt //
    A Day in The Life of a Vagabond: Bangkok /// Vinjatek
    Urban Explorer on an Abandoned Hotel Rooftop in Bangkok //
    - Urban Exploration of a Condemned Temple Street in Taipei -
    Urban Exploration of a Condemned Temple Street in Taipei //

    Conclusion

    • Urban explorers see the beauty in decay and grit whereas most people just see disrepair and rubbish.
    • Urban explorers seek the cities beyond the cities whereas most people remain in their comfort zones.
    • The inherent dangers and risks of urban exploration makes it adventurous and thrilling.
    • However, it’s about finding the profound beauty and wonders of the environments we’ve built, used, abandoned, forgotten or keep hidden.
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      American patriot, former covert operative and active operations consultant, living globally as a vagabond.

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      3 Comments

      1. avatar
        Kablelot on 27/01/2019 11:49 PM

        Great mini URBEX EDC. Looking forward to the full loadout gear kit.

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        Howe on 26/09/2019 9:04 AM

        Nice urban exploration kit for mobility, as always you got the most impressive and utilitarian gear.

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        Wyatt Long on 21/06/2020 3:02 PM

        Awesome Kit! Really like the focus on jurisprudence.

        Reply

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