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2008 Reader Submission
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Now up in Canada there's a little known photographic hobby known as "Urban Exploration".

Now a Lot of folks here in the States don't really know what "Urban Exploration" is. But here's a major hint.. It involves photography, old dangerous and somewhat delapidated buildings, and of course the one thing most Darwin winners do, which is of course, to tresspass onto private property.

So it's no surprise that our 26 year old Nominee and his 24 year old buddy, decided to tresspass onto the grounds of the old dilapidated Richard L. Hearn Thermal Generating Station, which is a sprawling fifties-era power plant in the midst of being dismantled in the east-end waterfront of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Now our intrepid 26 year old photographer and his 24 year old buddy who were not employees at the site, gained access through a secure area of the building for the purposes of taking "artistic photographs of the building's interior" and were on a sixth-floor catwalk when our intrepid Darwin Nominee somehow made a mistake and fell off the dangerous catwalk, plummeting down three full stories before ending up in a coal hopper some 30 feet below.

Now you might say that this is rather commonplace but remember this is a hobby where guys (and gals) go inside of dangerously weak, unsafe structures and in the usual sense of the word, common sense should kick in (In fact one Urban explorer states thusly, "It's just a matter of using your head," the urban explorer (which we shall call Alex), said, adding that taking a buddy along, and preferably two, is essential "so that one person can run out and make a phone call in the case that you're stuck in a place like Hearn. Cell reception is a bit spotty in there."

yet with all this common sense, and even with a buddy along, our 26 year old Darwin Coal Hopper Diver ended up getting his reward...

all for the sake of a picture..

Submitted on 06/20/2008

Submitted by: Paul Bender
Reference: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080618.TRESPASS18/TPStory/TPNational/Ontario/

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Although the specifics of why he fell aren't clear, the fact that he was trespassing and not familiar with his surroundings is enough or me to vote for this. Thanks, Paul.


Shadow said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I agree with Bruce, this is definate darwin material


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