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I think it could be fun...anyone do it? |
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At Texas A&M I had many an entertaining night buildering. Sometimes we did boulder problems with pads in a crew of 3-6 people. Others I would go out alone or with a partner to climb taller lines. I've got tons of stories from fun experiences climbing on buildings. And I'm sure some of the guys from round there know it too. |
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I know a bunch of guys that would do it around UNH, there was actually a article about it in Climbing a couple of years back (Jeremy Johnson buildering on Thompson Hall). |
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I was buildering on the fairly easy pillar at the local Kohl's store and when I got to the top I stuck my face into the parking lot security camera. Within minutes the cops were there and the Kohl's security guard was running all over the place but by that time I was inside the store, shopping for Christmas presents. |
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Buildering makes walking around the city so much more entertaining! Found some great routes when I lived in Portland, OR and now at my university there are tons of great problems. Not ideal but it sure does make it more enjoyable to live in a city! |
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You can't do it anymore (due to chalk), but Denver's Observatory Park was almost a real destination. Red Sandstone crimpers all the way around the building. It was a 200' traverse including some doorways and windows to negotiate. Pat Adams once climbed up to the 2nd story roof for a top out, that ascent almost made the rags. |
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Spiro wrote:I think it could be fun...anyone do it?There's a bunch of shit in downtown Boulder that's a blast after a few Gin and Tonics.. or so I've heard.. :) --Marc |
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At Purdue we wrote a buildering guide for the campus. Everything had a rating for difficulty and for police visibility. As well, there was roped climbing on campus. We did several ascents, placing gear or clipping features on the parking garages and on the smoke stack of the power plant. |
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Tony Bubb wrote:At Purdue we wrote a buildering guide for the campus. Everything had a rating for difficultyMy hometown (Boston) used to have a buildering guidebook like that. Once I was over my initial fear of heights, I cut my climbing teeth on the area's manmade structures (Wellesley Arches, Kenmore Square overpass, Charlesgate, Park Plaza Hotel, Harvard, etc.). The granite-block bridges, overpasses, and aqueducts offered some of the best and most difficult face climbing in the area. |
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I lived in Germany for a short time and used to go out in my approach shoes and builder whenever I got drunk. The buildings over there are perfect for it, lots of edges and features. A bar owner once bought me a shot because I was able to climb this statue thing in front of his bar. I immediately threw up. |
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Either Climbing or Rock & Ice (I think Climbing) had a photo of someone doing a tough problem on the underside of one of the exterior stairways at CU-Boulder's engineering center. It was part of some photo special. Pretty rad photo, he was turning a steep corner. |
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Climbing did a article on buildering in issue 153, page 84. |
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Buildering has a long and storied history. See Night Climbers of Cambridge |
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The Tropicana in Vegas has a few fun easy problems. I used to builder quite a bit in Austin... Mostly limestone walls though, not actual buildings. It's always nice to find a good traverse when your cruisin downtown! |
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More photos of early 1990's buildering at: |
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so does anyone builder in NY? If so where???? |
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go.middlebury.edu/buildering
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