Trespassing by Ty Ødin
February 21st, 2010 3:38 PMFirst I walked down to the now-closed country club. The club closed at the first of the year, but my immediate target, the club pool, (Trespassing location 1) has been defunct for 6 months. I have fond memories of swimming as a member of the Atascocita Gators here, but they all fled from here in the time it took the pool to drain. I kicked around the pool a little while and decided to hurry on to the country club. I jumped into the pump room (Numero 2) for a little bit, but the pumps were off, no longer making the reassuring hum that I had come to associate with the country club.
The club was closed, locked, and double locked, but it wouldn't stop me! I sprung up between a tree and a wall and let myself in through the kitchen door (#3!), like I used to do when the club was open. Fortunately, the door was (still) unlocked. Unfortunately, the alarm was still on. I had to escape before taking any pictures, fleeing through a hole (!?) int he brick masonry of the wall on the far side of the club. I plan to return to the club when the power is out next.
I hit the tennis courts on the way out, and found an unlocked door. I was so-OoOo glad that I didn't have to climb the chain fence (#4). I set off for home, running across the golf course where mere months ago I would be shooed off by golfers (5th). I got home soon after, taking a quick nap with my favorite dog ever, ranger.
The Tennis Club
This is how I got into the pool.
Tennis club's side door.
Locked, locked, and locked.
Wall
Here's the 6'5"ish wall around the pool.
Lap pool
Here's the lap pool where I used to swim when I competed. It's just a shell now. A shell that I ran around.
The Kiddie pool
Here's the kiddie pool after 6 months of disuse. Also known as the second coldest watery hellhole I've ever seen.
Diving well
This is the diving well. It's about 12' at it's deepest, but currently holds about 2' of water. This is #1 on my lst of watery hellholes, by the way.
Gate
Here's the inside of the gate, looking out on the country club.
Padlock
Here's a nice padlock on the gate.
Outside
And here's what it looks like after I go over the gate.
Pump room
Here's the wall pictured in the last few shots. I ran off that wooden piece and...
pumps
...then I was inside.
Ty pumps
Here's me with a few pool pumps.
Locked
I finally found my prey; the Atascocita Country Club.
Locked
A sign on the door. Perfect...
sewers
So, at first I thought I might slip in through the sewer system in a Montmorency-esque heist scene
Wall Vault 3
Then I saw this beautiful wall.
The tall wall
Unfortunately, It is a tall wall.
inside the tall wall
Fortunately I have been playing with parkour for the last month.
Shoes
Here's a shot of my shoes as I fall from the tall wall. Don't worry, I'm better at landings than humpty-dumpty.
leaving
I was unable to take any more in-club shots. I opened a door, set off a LOUD alarm, and escaped posthaste.
Sign
While I was leaving I saw this and couldn't resist.
Open door
This door was extremely easy to open, though.
un-sign
So, here's the back of the no trespassing sign.
Another great sign
So, here's a no trespassing sign near my new backyard. The gold course closed down the first of the year.
point nine
I decided to play around on the no-trespassing course.
The end
Here's my tired shadow, at the end of a tiring day.
RANGER!
...and here's a dog.
i love the last pic :)