QUOTE (WalkerTexan @ May 14 2008, 04:10 AM)

i am a little older than some of you guys. i am not as hip with the lingo., what is OP? what do you meanby the highlighted section below? call me old and slow., but i would like to understand from you younger fellas. lol exact same thing as the OP. Many people who do "Urban Exploration" wear black because they feel it conceals them better. In reality it only does that on the blackest of nights and it also makes you stand way out in a crowd whilst getting to or from the area in question. It is also a tipoff for the Police that you ain't there having stumbled off the beaten path.
You're not as "hip to the lingo"? lol (laugh-out-loud...an abbreviation meant to indicate that the poster is finding something humorous) Well let me "hip" you up. OP is an abbreviation for "original poster" meaning the person who first posted this topic-yourself. "Urban Exploration" is a term used to describe exploring old buildings and such that are in disuse or completely abandoned-usually found in the city. Much of it is simple trespassing, so it has a bit of negative connotation to it, but many Urban Explorers are very moral and adhere, at least, to their own code which is basically, leave nothing but footprints and take nothing but pictures. The rest is surely self-explanatory. "Legend-tripping" is a term used to describe people journeying to a site where something famous, at least locally, has occurred. The police in areas where there are lots of Legend Trippers and Urban Explorers quickly become "hip" to the fact and are on the lookout for them. They can get quite nasty when an inordinate amount of their time is taken up keeping people out of haunted areas and such, especially if the people are careless and leave a lot of trash or intentionally vandalize sites.
As an aside, I consider Tonecop to be THE expert on this particular topic/area.