More WW2 Bunker exlporation in Normandy, France.

[The Bubba Effect]

Great work Sylvain, I can't wait for the next installment!

 

[Sylvain]

I got back to the site today.With more gear this time.

I had a tripod that I managed to use as a selfie stick thingy.Holding it above the top of the concrete wall I took some pictures of the inside of those concrete blocks.

 

[Sylvain]

 

[Sylvain]

Looks like the ladder goes all the way down and is in good condition for a 70+ years old building who is open to the elements.


You can see the bottom of the shaft in this one.

The problem is that I can't see if there is an opening at the bottom.

 

[Shadow]

The way they built that ladder was cool , instead of one row

 

[Sylvain]

Still not sure how deep it is either.
Maybe 10 meters.It's pretty hard to judge on a picture like that.

 

[Shadow]

The problem is that I can't see if there is an opening at the bottom.





Going to have to take a trip down into it ,

 

[Shadow]

Still not sure how deep it is either.
Maybe 10 meters.It's pretty hard to judge on a picture like that.

Im going to say each ladder rung is 8" apart from the next one , I count 30 rungs ,, so im thinking 15' to 16' deep

 

[GregD]

Sylvain, great picture as usual

 

[Birds Away]

Hmm, lower a chem light on a string?

 

[Shadow]

lol oops I mean 20' - 25' feet

 

[Sylvain]

The problem is that I can't see if there is an opening at the bottom.





Going to have to take a trip down into it ,

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.

 

[Birds Away]

Um, use the built in ladder?

 

[Clay]

drone

 

[Sylvain]

Um, use the built in ladder?

I can't get to it, I need to climb that block to get to the ladder.
I wish they had built one on the outside as well.

 

[Shadow]

Your gappling hook looks wrong --- it looks like the closable anchor used on a boat , it don't have enough curve

 

[Shadow]

 

[Birds Away]

I can't get to it, I need to climb that block to get to the ladder.
I wish they had built one on the outside as well.

Oh, sorry. I couldn't see that.

 

[Shadow]

your using a boat anchor

 

[Shadow]

Im glad you didn't get it to hook cause about 1/2 way up - it would have slipped off