Giving up smoking today. I'm a pretty heavy smoker, I smoke like a fish in fact, and this will be literally my one billionth attempt at giving up. No self-discipline at all, and the contracts you make with yourself always seem to be the easiest ones to wriggle out of. Debt collectors won't stop at an apology, but I'm generally magnanimous enough to wipe my own slate clean.

This is going to suck so much.

Ultimate badasses - The crew at the condemned Waikune Minimum Security Prison - Photo by Rob

kiwicon was off the hook, had a mint time—so many, too many stories to tell. Christchurch brought the noise and won the hacking competition \m/ can I get a hell yeah!

Currently cruising round the north island on an urbex tour. Visited Longburn meatworks, it was epic.

"Riding with my brothers, rampaging through your town" - Longburn Meatworks, us with grifstar (thanks for all your hospitality guys! Cool to meet chicks at least as hardcore as we are.)

"The Dream Team" - the gang on derelict meatworks skybridge

Photos by Rob

Chilling out on a stairwell

Steam tunnelz

more hospital infiltration...

(photos by rob)

A little further into the hospital

To that end, after kiwicon we're going on a WEEK LONG NORTH ISLAND URBEX TOUR.

Fuck yeah. Gonna be AWESOME. Drains, powerstations, old mines, abandoned mental hospitals, the works. Back to back B&E, criminal trespass and avoiding the insidious lurking evil of the passive infrared. I honestly can't think of a better way to spend seven days.

God knows I need the break. Things have been a bit human meatgrinder on the old emotional frontlines recently, you may or may not have noticed.

Sup lucidspin, really sorry I had to cut things short the other day, extremely rude of me but I'd been jonsing to finish this place for ages. Maybe my priorities are all screwed up but opportunities like this don't come along very often. Let's catch up again properly!

Behold! The Meat Works!

Me and Rob on the roof of the Feltex carpet factory.

Finally busted into Feltex, more photos up in the usual place. Didn't get first entry though, this other urbex crew of highschool age kids got there before us. It's good to have some healthy competition in Christchurch, keeps you on your toes.

But, rest assured, our next infiltration will be BIGGER THAN THEIRS :P

Also brought a six foot San Pedro cactus. Good times ahead.