Free soloing buildings

these guys are giving us a bad name. What they do is imprint on others that we are reckless and irresponsible. Google it if you havent seen it, happened 2 times today.

Pretend they are pigeons and shoot them with BB guns!

quickest way to get a free meal, a place to stay and loads of publicity

what more could a free-soloing-climber ask for..

:)

WeBe whatcha got against Timmmy..?

John Langston wrote:I've already got a few buildings picked out.

do you know if anyone has passed a law against it in LoDo as in NY... or does it matter not

nice idea but your 'shoot' may be cut 'short'

curious if the photographer could be arrested for aiding and abetting... suppose it's simple to act as the innocent bystander who happens to have a camera

I appreciate specifying "free soloing" buildings. Roping up to climb the Northern Hotel or the hand crack on the parking garage? And I doubt multiple camera flashes highlighting your antics will draw much attention...

A student face-planted (literally) 4 stories off of the front of the Colorado State Library (huge flagstone holds--five.easy) while buildering. And you can still see where a builderer pulled bricks off a beautiful facade two stories up a historic building in Old Town. A brick each on both of the first 'attempts'. And lets not forget the write-up in Accidents in N.A. Mountaineering about the Univ of Colorado student who swung himself at mach speed into the side of a building off the nose of a crane he THOUGHT was pointing down an alley. Buildering can get you into the history books!

...and then there's that scene in the movie K2 where the hero gets the girl after climbing up through her window after a night at the bars. So buildering can get you in to the pants, too!

He was a Mines student.

Thanks Bill.

While you're on Google-- PARKOUR

The Aesthetic Rebellion Lives On!!

Oh man, that was friggin beautiful.

Has anyone attempted the um...sculptures in front of the Denver Art Museum? I'm thinking of the I two on 13th that look like overhanging crags with a hand crack that stops short of the top. Every time I drive by I think about it, but it looks like the kinda thing that a camera would be watching. All the same, it seems like someone would/could do it....

Would you play handball against one of the paintings inside?

Tangentially related.

I only climb buildings when extremely intoxicated between the hours of 11PM-3AM. It generally gets me boobs!

John Langston wrote:Nice deflection dude, aint gonna work. They

It made you engage in self-reflection, which made you angry, precipitated a tirade and will now further your thinking on the matter. So, it worked well with you. Hopefully, it will do the same for Rigger.

Buildering entails taking the responsibility for your actions quickly and seriously and making sure you have the skill needed and that luck be with you. I free solo'd Albertsons in Tempe Arizona on Rural Rd a month ago...After watching First Ascent, I bagged the first ascent of the Rain Gutter Crack...I would say probably 5.9 about 40 feet of full hand jams
Was it irresponsible...? Maybe. Was anyone hurt of affected? No.
Did it give me a great feeling of exhiliration? Hell Ya
So I guess it worked. Woot Woot on the First Ascent!
But I dont recommend doing such a foolhardy thing - it gives climbers a bad rap. Unless your drunk. And its 3 AM.

Those "handcracks" on the sculptures outside the art museum are not handcracks at all. They are #4 overhanging concave splitters. So get out your stiff high tops and carharts and give em a run!

I've looked quite a while at those sculptures at the art museum, definitely doable, but the Denver Jail is about a block away, much harder rating sending out of that one.

"Ever been to New York?"
"...they're no mountains worth climbing in New York"