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survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 26, 2008 - 02:17pm PT
Spanish Mission Ruins
Built in the 1650's?

MisterE

Trad climber
My Inner Nut
Nov 26, 2008 - 02:23pm PT
Flagstaff's "Sobriety Test"

survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 26, 2008 - 02:42pm PT
Awesome MrE.

If some people post up, we'll actually have to decide how to decide! I'm sure I can dig up a meager prize in my garage!
hoipolloi

climber
A friends backyard with the neighbors wifi
Nov 26, 2008 - 02:47pm PT

The bottom of a hut I lived in on a rainy day, built circa 1650-1700.
Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Nov 26, 2008 - 02:53pm PT
Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Nov 26, 2008 - 02:55pm PT
Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Nov 26, 2008 - 02:57pm PT
Offset

climber
seattle
Nov 26, 2008 - 03:00pm PT
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 26, 2008 - 03:01pm PT
Woohooo! Now we're rolling!
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Nov 26, 2008 - 03:02pm PT
ontheedgeandscaredtodeath

Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
Nov 26, 2008 - 03:03pm PT
Lord Nelson supposedly goes at 5.11

Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Nov 26, 2008 - 03:03pm PT
Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Nov 26, 2008 - 03:11pm PT
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 26, 2008 - 03:49pm PT
Best Field test: MisterE!
Best Action shot: Hoipolloi!
Best Silo: Todd Gordon!
Best Dressed: Offset!
Best Plumbers crack: Ghost!
Best Fiction: Ontheedge!
MisterE

Trad climber
My Inner Nut
Nov 26, 2008 - 03:56pm PT
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Nov 26, 2008 - 03:56pm PT

From Marc Jensen's Bouldering, Buildering and Climbing in the San Francisco Bay Region, 1988

Captures the "innocent bystander" aspect, like some of the stunts in the James Bond films of the 80s.
MisterE

Trad climber
My Inner Nut
Nov 26, 2008 - 04:07pm PT
New Soundwall, Bellingham, WA:

MH2

climber
Nov 26, 2008 - 05:01pm PT

Fewest climbers

Nate Ricklin

climber
San Diego
Nov 26, 2008 - 05:44pm PT
UCSD




bwancy1

Trad climber
Here
Nov 26, 2008 - 05:53pm PT
Phew!

Tough landing on that chimney!
MisterE

Trad climber
My Inner Nut
Nov 26, 2008 - 06:02pm PT
Found this one on another site, "Naked man Square":

survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 26, 2008 - 06:07pm PT
Wow, that's a cooool one!
Loomis

climber
*_*
Nov 26, 2008 - 07:54pm PT
Levy at Dune.


hoipolloi

climber
A friends backyard with the neighbors wifi
Nov 26, 2008 - 07:59pm PT
that parking garage is awesome. I always look for those, but can't find em...
Loomis

climber
*_*
Nov 26, 2008 - 08:02pm PT
Babies doing a High Ball!

cintune

climber
the Moon and Antarctica
Nov 26, 2008 - 08:10pm PT
Loomis

climber
*_*
Nov 27, 2008 - 12:04am PT
Ocean Beach
San Francisco, California 1990

survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 27, 2008 - 12:58am PT
Too Cool!
I love the variety here. I think that's the beauty of buildering.
MisterE

Trad climber
My Inner Nut
Nov 27, 2008 - 01:39am PT
Great stuff!

here's one of a friend from Washinton:

Loomis

climber
*_*
Nov 27, 2008 - 01:42am PT
Julius Palunus and I at the 2nd & Clementina Crack.
San Francisco, California 1986






MisterE

Trad climber
My Inner Nut
Nov 27, 2008 - 01:44am PT
Sweet nut stack! You win! But this one kills me. Another NW friend:

Loomis

climber
*_*
Nov 27, 2008 - 01:48am PT
That dude needs a shark suit crash pad!
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 27, 2008 - 10:56am PT
Loomis,

Those are really cool, Which one is you, and how hard is that thing?
Peter Haan

Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
Nov 27, 2008 - 12:02pm PT
Okay this is fun. Here are some shots of the late Allan Bard building climbing with me at UCSC in about 1972-73 I think.

survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 27, 2008 - 12:56pm PT
Wow Peter, those are really something. That roof looks sweet.
When do we start voting?
Melissa

Gym climber
berkeley, ca
Nov 27, 2008 - 01:15pm PT
Not exactly buildering...

Mighty Hiker

Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
Nov 27, 2008 - 01:18pm PT

Hardman Knott

Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
Nov 27, 2008 - 01:28pm PT


"As you can see, there's a perfect splitter hand-crack (cupped hands) to play around on.
Toward the top it narrows to thin-hands. I have to say, the mattress-people sitting around were duly impressed.
And in case you're wondering, I was too chicken to top out. However, I managed to get a gratuitous
heel-hook to show the mattress-people that it is indeed the Americans who wrote the book on "rad"...

(from: http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=93999 )

Dudeman

Trad climber
California/Idaho
Nov 27, 2008 - 02:09pm PT
The Maria Yagnico Bridge in Goleta California
cintune

climber
the Moon and Antarctica
Nov 27, 2008 - 02:42pm PT
bump. New page. These are great.
MH2

climber
Nov 27, 2008 - 03:20pm PT

From the Seattle Times, May 14, 1983

A University of Washington Student who identified himself as Brett Brown scaled his way to the top of two seven-story exhaust chimneys near the campus parking garage yesterday afternoon. He wedged himself between the two towers for a few minutes before making his way back down to the ground, where he was greeted by a small crowd of onlookers and by UW police. The authorities gave him a verbal wrist-slapping but made no arrest.


schwortz

Social climber
davis, ca
Nov 27, 2008 - 03:34pm PT
la poste, creysse, france

some scaffolding at a site i was working at, carsac, france

climbing a pyrmid, khufu i think, giza, egypt
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 27, 2008 - 03:36pm PT
schwortz, I think you have to try again.
Great shots everybody.

oops. Never mind, I've got the links now.
I've been on the pyramids too!
schwortz

Social climber
davis, ca
Nov 27, 2008 - 03:41pm PT
fixed...thanks...

and i got chased off that pyramid before i got too far...

_almost_ bribed a guard to climb menkaure but decided against it seeing as it wasnt really worth the risk...

if you go out to dashur you can climb up one of the smaller pyramids without any issues still...
MH2

climber
Nov 27, 2008 - 04:45pm PT

guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz
Nov 27, 2008 - 06:24pm PT
thanks Peter


Ah, the Great Bardini, how that man is missed.
Scott_Nelson

Trad climber
San Diego
Nov 27, 2008 - 06:33pm PT
UCSD Buildering Pics:

Mandeville Loading Docks

Visual arts building

Center Hall Death Chimney

Gilman Parking Structure

HDB Tyrolean Traverse, Singapore

Encinitas



Jingy

Social climber
Flatland, Ca
Nov 27, 2008 - 07:00pm PT
Bump....

This all has been well worth the time taken to view all the photos.

There used to be a time when I would look at every building with this all in mind.
guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz
Nov 27, 2008 - 07:07pm PT
Claremont Hotel, Berkeley 1963

Winter Sport Show

Somehow, Rowell, Harper and I got talked into this. Had a hell of a time finding anything on top worth anchoring for the rappel. All the wood columns were rotten.

Benefit were the drinks passed out the window as we slid down. Met some nice young ladies, hounds that we were. Had to rappel every hour for three days. Somebody had to do it.



survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 27, 2008 - 07:47pm PT
Thanks guido!
Yodel-ay-ee--ooooooo
Llama

Big Wall climber
The bubble that is Irvine, CA
Nov 27, 2008 - 08:36pm PT
A little aid buildering...

MisterE

Trad climber
My Inner Nut
Nov 27, 2008 - 10:03pm PT
...and now for something from the video side:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpflU5_bBI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPTDe1ikEaw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEueDcPPtfY

Funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctniicC1iWM
martygarrison

Trad climber
The Great North these days......
Nov 27, 2008 - 10:09pm PT
kman, I have those pics of us doing some pretty wild stuff at csus. If you dont have them digitized I can do it and post.
ß Î Ø T Ç H

climber
Last >>
Nov 28, 2008 - 01:06am PT
Just of the recent posts , the Scott_Nelson stuff shows heavy commitment to the game ( big and tall ) , and radical's daughter(s?) hung out to dry is classic , but that " Brett Brown " photo is so sick . . .
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Nov 28, 2008 - 03:42am PT
Doug Drewes transitioning out of the double kneebars and onto the rail on "Student Center South By The Column". Cutting your feet and going from that edge to the top in one shot was always exciting. Circa 1975 or 76.

survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 28, 2008 - 02:06pm PT
Man, all these cool shots have turned out even better than I hoped for.

You can just tell that there is a great story behind most of these pix too.
TrundleBum

Trad climber
Las Vegas
Nov 28, 2008 - 03:35pm PT
The shots of the towers @ the U of Washington reminded me of a story...
I vaguely recall a story I heard from Adam Gradzowski, about some guy climbing a tower/sculpture thing up at Evergreen State. I recall something like there was one bolt for the 80' (or so) and this guy did it within site of the graduation ceremonies and peeled from the top avoiding a grounder by mere feet (held by a Rawl button head and Leeper hanger).

Anyone know about that story ?
(would'a been early 80's)
MisterE

Trad climber
My Inner Nut
Nov 28, 2008 - 03:49pm PT
I was looking for bouldering shots of the Towers in Red square at University of Washington, but couldn't find any.

That's a classic chimney problem too. There has been more than one person stuck at the top after doing the exit moves and finding out getting back into a chimney at 60 feet is much more frightening than exiting it.
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Nov 28, 2008 - 04:07pm PT
TrundleBum: I vaguely recall a story I heard from Adam Gradzowski, about some guy climbing a tower/sculpture thing up at Evergreen State. I recall something like there was one bolt for the 80' (or so) and this guy did it within site of the graduation ceremonies and peeled from the top avoiding a grounder by mere feet (held by a Rawl button head and Leeper hanger)."

I don't recall the specifics, but Adam Grosowsky and Jeff Ellington went to Evergreen and are who you are thinking of. They are both earlier slack / high line pioneers. I do know they both did some high railing walks and solos around campus and had a highwire rig in the woods. I've known Adam since he was twelve, climbing in Southern Illinois, and visited him at Evergreen around the time you're talking about.

It was pretty fun visit and we spent quite a while getting running full-tilt and jumping onto a line down (11mm cranked down hard), which involved much Keystone Cops hilarity as well as a few big and horrific 'bow string' launches into the abyss. Adam is still climbing, walking down in Eugene, OR these days and Jeff is over in Bend.

P.S. Doug Drewes (in the photo above), Alan Carrier, Adam, myself, Jim Tangen-Foster, and a few other folks formed the nucleus of the third wave of SoIll climbers in Gill's wake.
MH2

climber
Nov 28, 2008 - 04:58pm PT

small window for thread-thread contact

survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 29, 2008 - 02:57am PT
Hey, that guys peeing his pants! And his elbow's bleeding....
The Alpine

Big Wall climber
Tampa, FL
Nov 29, 2008 - 12:01pm PT


survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 29, 2008 - 02:14pm PT
Nice job Alpine!
MH2

climber
Nov 29, 2008 - 02:37pm PT
"Hey, that guys peeing his pants! And his elbow's bleeding...."

...and his pose seems to've been modeled after a previous guidebook illustration.

guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz
Nov 29, 2008 - 05:06pm PT
Cool alpine!

That dude has bin trashed.
Loomis

climber
*_*
Nov 29, 2008 - 11:34pm PT
survival, I am the one leading the crack.
The crack is size dependent, inch and an eighth and very slick!
The cams would slide out of the crack occasionally.
I have done 5.12b's that seem easier.

Cool thread you started here,enjoy, Scott.
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 29, 2008 - 11:39pm PT
Thanks Scott,
I love to put faces to the handles I know so well on here!
le_bruce

climber
Oakland: what's not to love?
Nov 30, 2008 - 07:51pm PT

Anyone climbed the perfect handcrack that goes up the South side of the Memorial stadium at Berkeley? Probably 100 ft, goes through two small roofs at the top, all hands to cupped hands by the feel of the bottom. Immediately adjacent to entrance.

Someone must have climbed that thing. What a plum.

Any pics/stories of Cal buildering out there?
cintune

climber
the Moon and Antarctica
Nov 30, 2008 - 08:56pm PT
Another bump; good Alain Robert book excerpt on http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=1455
"Why would they want someone to dangle off their nice shiny building if he is not the window cleaner?"
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 1, 2008 - 11:30am PT
cintune,

Nice addition, thanks. That guy is an amazing story.

I have some "killer" Dia De Los Muertos stickers, and I think I should award at least three.

Anybody want to weigh in before I just pick my three faves?
nita

climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Dec 1, 2008 - 11:38am PT
My first place pick..The Alpine man -climbing under the bridge...very cool picture.
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Dec 1, 2008 - 11:50am PT
I agree Nita, it's a rad shot!


some fodder from a cellphone camera...

Prod

Trad climber
A place w/o Avitars apparently
Dec 1, 2008 - 11:58am PT
Sort of like Deep water buildering.

Prod.
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 1, 2008 - 12:35pm PT
An example of one of the prizes.
Sorry, I'm not rich, but they're nice stickers!

survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 1, 2008 - 12:49pm PT
I like the Alpine "bridge" shot too.

I'm nominating Loomis "Ocean Beach" for 2nd place, although I'm not seeing it on my thread at the moment.

3rd place- I like Peter's first Allan Bard "under the roof"
or Scott Nelson's first "Gilman parking structure"
E thatch

Trad climber
New Hampshire
Dec 1, 2008 - 01:15pm PT
Climbing I-Beam arches in my High school library:

and the video slide show:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaCPX6lBNjA

The house keeping lady in the library guessed it was me and made my partner and i go back up and clean off the chalk marks. The librarian took pictures and put it on the school website! and we thought we would've gotten kicked out if we got caught the first time
Mark

climber
bend, oregon
Dec 1, 2008 - 01:31pm PT
rocky butte "castle" in portland.

survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 1, 2008 - 01:36pm PT
Hey Mark!

We used to climb at Rocky Butte too!
Now what's your vote?
Mark

climber
bend, oregon
Dec 1, 2008 - 01:51pm PT
my favorites not in order:
(1) MisterE "sobriety crack
(2) Loomis "Clementina Crack"
(3) Peter Haan "Allen Bard shot"
(4) Scott Nelson "death chimney"
(5) healyje "Student Center South"
TwistedCrank

climber
Ideeho-dee-do-dah-day
Dec 1, 2008 - 02:15pm PT
Granite Park Chalet, Glacier National Park
Impaler

Trad climber
Munich
Dec 1, 2008 - 02:15pm PT
Koblenz, Germany. 2nd largest fortress in Europe.


Zürich, Switzerland


Matt

Trad climber
primordial soup
Dec 1, 2008 - 04:22pm PT
i was up at the pollen grains the other day, and i couldn't seem to find any good buildings to climb...




























The Alpine

Big Wall climber
Tampa, FL
Dec 1, 2008 - 05:13pm PT
A few more:



Art

k-man

Gym climber
SCruz
Dec 1, 2008 - 07:30pm PT
Hey Peter! I've done that light-fixture overhang problem at UCSC! I bet the stucco is cracked off by now.

I think Garrison also did that chimney (on the Science Bld?), without the rope. Hey Marty, didn't you show those to me? Cheers...
nutjob

Stoked OW climber
San Jose, CA
Dec 1, 2008 - 08:54pm PT
Late entry...

UCSD Muir Dorms, Circa 1992 (up to 6th floor only- I chickened out before completing the 10th floor):

Does "craning" count?
... About 200+ feet up a T-crane, out the arm, and slide down the steel cable to the ball, suspended over the construction site of the Revelle Biology building (then hand-over-hand the steel cable back up):
Hardman Knott

Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
Dec 1, 2008 - 09:57pm PT
I think we need to hold off on the judging as long as these killer new entries keep rolling in...
'Pass the Pitons' Pete

Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
Dec 1, 2008 - 11:11pm PT
Those aren't real:


Just bricks. Not real rock.
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 1, 2008 - 11:33pm PT
Hardman, I think the judging shall Knott be done yet!

There was a definite lull in the action.....and then boom!

Pete are you sure they're Knott real?
They look like real rocks to me....
The Alpine

Big Wall climber
Tampa, FL
Dec 2, 2008 - 12:12am PT
Definitely real.

Quarried local limestone.
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 2, 2008 - 02:32pm PT
Alpine,
You sure have entered some great shots.
That next "under the bridge" shot is cool too.
The Alpine

Big Wall climber
Tampa, FL
Dec 2, 2008 - 03:13pm PT
Thanks. I love to shoot climbing - even in Florida. That first under the bridge shot took me at least 30 hours to equip (bolt up the holds and hangers) so someone could climb it and I could shoot it. I had the vision of the shot first and then made it happen. I guess its not technically buildering since its "manufactured."

My next target is a lonely boulder(old fort remnant) on a perfect desolate island - waterfront, white sand, palm trees, you know - the good stuff. Lots of access issues so its a toughy to shoot.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Dec 2, 2008 - 05:33pm PT

Strider on a 'built' structure
Nefarius

Big Wall climber
somewhere without avatars.........
Dec 2, 2008 - 05:35pm PT
Very nice work, Alpine! Thanks for sharing.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Dec 2, 2008 - 05:37pm PT
Teenage angst wall


57 fwy old lead route

pyro

Big Wall climber
Calabasas
Dec 3, 2008 - 12:02am PT
how about getting it documented. get this guide book the next time your in L.A.

LA CLIMBS: ALTERNATIVE USES FOR ARCHITECTURE Hartley
By Hartley, Alex
jay jay

Ice climber
San Francisco, CA
Dec 3, 2008 - 05:51pm PT
From Black Rock City




Mighty Hiker

Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
Dec 3, 2008 - 05:57pm PT
At one time, the ceiling beams in the Kain hut at the Bugaboos were pairs of parallel 2" x 12" planks. They crossed the ceilings on the second floor sleeping loft, and were perhaps 16' long. Probably about a dozen sets of such, each forming a roof crack of slightly differing widths. All hand size.

One rainy day project used to be to pile up all the foamies in the loft under one of the "cracks", making a thick pad, then to try to climb across the crack. A good time was had by all. Sorry, no photos.

Naturally, they eventually boarded up the cracks, to stop the fun.

It does seem somewhat absurd, buildering at the Bugaboos.
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 3, 2008 - 06:10pm PT
Anders,

Wasn't it Harding that called us Conquistadors of the useless or some such thing???
Jaybro

Social climber
wuz real!
Dec 3, 2008 - 06:16pm PT
Terray
k-man

Gym climber
SCruz
Dec 3, 2008 - 08:22pm PT
Anybody got pics of the Desoto Cracks?? (Anybody know the history?)
Anybody know if they still exist?

LookingSketchy?
nutjob

Stoked OW climber
San Jose, CA
Dec 3, 2008 - 08:27pm PT
Bump for the burning man pics...

and I fixed the picture of the "craning" climb...
noshoesnoshirt

climber
Dec 3, 2008 - 08:34pm PT
posted before, but still a good buildering photo, I suppose


Honestly, my favorite buildering problem was in the Circus Circus parking garage, a dead jump to a wide hand jam in the ceiling. Bloodied my hands up on it a bunch.
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 3, 2008 - 10:29pm PT
Jaybro....shoulda known it was a frenchy..too poetic.

Noshoes, nice pic!

I like the burningman shots too.
Ammon

Big Wall climber
Capo Beach
Dec 4, 2008 - 12:04am PT

Can't take the credit for this one but thought it worthy of this thread...

Loomis

climber
*_*
Dec 4, 2008 - 01:11am PT
Mt. Davidson Cross
San Francisco, California.


MisterE

Trad climber
My Inner Nut
Dec 4, 2008 - 01:56am PT
You folks need to be more rural

just sayin'
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 4, 2008 - 11:09am PT
MisterE, Not that many of us live in the weeds...
Some do, but we still go to town every so often to restock our larder.
What, you never eyeballed a man-made structure?
I'm just sayin'
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Dec 4, 2008 - 11:36am PT
does the Cross route still go?
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 6, 2008 - 10:30am PT
OK, this time I let it drift 4-5 pages back before declaring:

*Alpine
*Loomis
*Peter Hahn
*Scott Nelson

Email me an address guys. I have to go to a certain shop to get your stickers, but they'll get there.

So many cool pictures, everyone on Supertopo is a winner for getting to look at each others shots.
Thanks to everyone for playing the game!!
Ricardo Cabeza

climber
Meyers,CA
Dec 6, 2008 - 11:16am PT
Roughster

Sport climber
Vacaville, CA
Dec 6, 2008 - 11:30am PT
BrassNuts

Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
Dec 6, 2008 - 11:51am PT
A few from BITD...

Another wash out day at the Gunks, 1980, note "chalk bag"...

On the summit of the Graduate Reasearch Tower, 1982, UMass Amherst, The Vent Route, II, 5.10a A2, Beer3

Mackey pit, Boulder, 1983
MH2

climber
Dec 6, 2008 - 03:03pm PT

a few other oddities from Life Magazine found while looking for an article they may have done on the Gunks


boy on drainpipe 1949






girl in doorway 1954






and the classic King Kong on Empire State building 1933

healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Dec 6, 2008 - 05:16pm PT
jay jay: great sculpture - what vision.

noshoesnoshirt: My kind of climbing, I suspect jaybro got excited about that one as well. Have to check that one out myself - good eyes!

Ammon - Adam Grosowsky kicked off much of the current wave of slacklining in '75 when, as a 16yo in the SIU library, he stumbled upon a picture of a c1890s circus act where one guy was doing a onehand handstand on a flagpole top just like that one, with one hand on the ball and the other holding the end of a wire. The other end of the wire went down at an angle to a brick wall where it was attached and the guy in the handstand was tensioning the wire by hanging his body off the opposite of the pole top from where the wire was fastened. The kicker - there was another guy doing a handstand in the middle of the wire. Don't ask me how - it still seems utterly impossible and I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. Adam tried [and failed, fortunately] to get us all to recreate the feat.

MH2 - don't forget the obligatory c1923 Harold Lloyd, where do you think Kong got his inspiration?

chaggs

climber
cadillac, MI
Dec 6, 2008 - 06:01pm PT
Out of the archives, Noah 2000
Jaybro

Social climber
wuz real!
Dec 6, 2008 - 06:21pm PT
Nice, Chaggs, you crackhouse head.

Re; the post one up, I was trying to find a clip of Harpo on the Marquee, but u-tube is being 'Fussy™' anyone got that one?
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 6, 2008 - 08:15pm PT
Had to include the mighty Phillipe Petit.
What the hell. A great man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ddpV1GvF7E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIawNRm9NWM

The second clip is possibly more inspiring than the first....
MH2

climber
Dec 6, 2008 - 09:04pm PT

MH2 - don't forget the obligatory c1923 Harold Lloyd, where do you think Kong got his inspiration?


Okay, well, and I thought it was Fay Wray.




So how did this get inspired:

human squirrel 1918

MisterE

Trad climber
My Inner Nut
Dec 6, 2008 - 09:13pm PT
Thread drift to Oldest Builderer Alert!!!!
cintune

climber
the Moon and Antarctica
Dec 6, 2008 - 09:18pm PT
Empire State Building ironworkers, photos by Lewis Hine.



Chris2

Trad climber
Dec 7, 2008 - 09:17am PT
Great photo's! It has always amazed me what those iron workers have done over the years on buildings and bridges.
MisterE

Trad climber
My Inner Nut
Dec 8, 2008 - 02:09am PT
Bump

Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Dec 8, 2008 - 02:46am PT

clearly a terr0rist plot going on here
Nudge Nudge

Trad climber
WI, now CA
Dec 8, 2008 - 02:56am PT
Old glue-up traverse
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 8, 2008 - 11:03am PT
Yo Nudge,
I like that picture a lot. It's got great depth and perspective.
The Alpine

Big Wall climber
Tampa, FL
Dec 8, 2008 - 11:06am PT
What kind of glue/epoxy is best for glueing holds to cement?
Loomis

climber
*_*
Dec 10, 2008 - 12:49am PT
My server got "jacked" and all photo's deleted as a result.
Switching to photobucket.com from here on...

Enjoy the pics again.


kev

climber
CA
Dec 10, 2008 - 11:22am PT
Ok here's my contribution.....I think this was fall last year.


survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 10, 2008 - 11:25am PT
Hey kev....wha happen?
Never mind. Excellent!
You builder on Johnny Po Po's house?
How did you drag your big Balzsak up there?
kev

climber
CA
Dec 10, 2008 - 12:34pm PT
Well I just saw the nice rock and corner - and I guess after a few adult beverages I wasn't looking at the the sign above. I didn't realize what I was actually on until they came out through the door. They muttered something to the chic shooting the pics and she mutter something else and they went on their way.

Lucky I guess huh?

kev
Jaybro

Social climber
wuz real!
Dec 10, 2008 - 03:02pm PT
alpine, they say PB-7 but I've had mised results.
todd_tomorrow

climber
califonia
Dec 20, 2008 - 08:57pm PT
I really want this thread kept alive.























































It was a little close to the pictures of the little girls.
tom woods

Gym climber
Bishop, CA
Dec 20, 2008 - 09:22pm PT
anybody remeber that glue up under the over pass in Foster City?

Who built that thing? We were talking about gluing jugs to overhang section when Caltrans ran us out of there and took all the holds off? But I always wondered who started the effort.

Tom
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 20, 2008 - 10:29pm PT
Nice post Tom!
Loomis

climber
*_*
Dec 20, 2008 - 11:07pm PT
Mike Fogarty at College of the Desert, Palm Desert, California 1982


survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 21, 2008 - 10:36am PT
Loomis,

Not up to your previous standards.........HA!!
Email me an address so I can send your Dia De Los Muertos sticker!
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2009 - 04:09pm PT
Nobody claimed their prize!
Just goes to show you that most climbers aren't in it for the money....

Bump to go with Peter's night climbers of Cambridge thread!
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2009 - 06:45pm PT
Friend, me too. Except back in the day, someone would come out and chase me away from the building rather than have me arrested!
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 13, 2009 - 03:01pm PT
A Buildering Birthday Bump Because Loomis has some Bitchin' Buildering shots in here, and we Botched his Birthday card....
duncan

Trad climber
London, UK
Jul 13, 2009 - 05:55pm PT

Dahshur Red Pyramid - Egypt
Nefarius

Big Wall climber
Fresno
Jul 13, 2009 - 06:04pm PT
hahaha Nice! I did the great pyramid when I was there. Had to bribe the cops, but you have to bribe everyone for everything there...
NMClimber

climber
New Mexico
Jul 13, 2009 - 09:38pm PT
Denver Merchandise Market

E Robinson

climber
Salinas, CA
Jul 14, 2009 - 05:22am PT
Chick Holtkamp by the freeway in Cleveland

Dave Koster bored in Fort Wayne

Dave Koster and ? in Cleveland

Keith Virostko (sp?) at Stanford

Me at Stanford

John ... at Stanford

Coz at Stanford

Me at stanford

Another Stanford

Another at Stanford form BITD

My backyard wall
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 14, 2009 - 08:50am PT
E Robinson,

That is a great series of shots!!
E Robinson

climber
Salinas, CA
Jul 14, 2009 - 01:21pm PT
It was fun looking through the posted collection, wish I had some from UC Bekeley to add, but seem to have lost those ones.
Elliott
Double D

climber
Jul 14, 2009 - 02:23pm PT
Nice shots of Stanford! I remember when they re-built the main courtyard and took stone-by-stone away and then returned them. I was stoked that the excact same ones were returned keeping the same moves.

I just ran into some slides from the Ross n Wilson building in Palo Alto when I took Yabo there. I'll have to scan em up!

The Alpine

Big Wall climber
Tampa, FL
Apr 8, 2010 - 07:18pm PT
Glad to see this thread still going. Since I lasted posted to this inquiring about what type of glue to use, I've made some progress.

Exhibit A:

waulrat

Big Wall climber
Santa Rosa, CA
Apr 10, 2010 - 09:15pm PT
TrundleBum

Trad climber
Las Vegas
Apr 10, 2010 - 09:41pm PT

Naitch:
Two thumbs up on your son's vid ;)

The Alpine:
Hats off M8.
Nice project and simply stunning photograph/y

Prezwoodz

climber
Anchorage
Apr 10, 2010 - 10:16pm PT
I don't have much to contribute here but heres a few.

John b. on the London Bridge

Oh wait shes not quite climbing!

Phil in Chicago

bearbnz

Trad climber
East Side, California
Apr 11, 2010 - 12:48am PT
My three boys cruising the walls on a dinsosaur exhibit near Page, AZ. We found a spot out of view of all of their surveillance cameras.

Prezwoodz

climber
Anchorage
Apr 12, 2010 - 02:48am PT
Heres another I found lurking around. Brian Skeen Climbing Alaska Pacific University Campus
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 12, 2010 - 03:04am PT
naitch,
that IS a pretty cool video!
The guys did a great job.

These recent photos with the bridges are sweet too.

Although, I do think that bolted on holds kind of goes against the original spirit of Buildering.
Just my thoughts.....
Cpt0bvi0u5

Trad climber
Merced CA
Apr 12, 2010 - 03:15am PT

We REALLY need a climbing gym at UC Merced for when the weather isnt good in Yosemite. Those cracks probably go around 10b
duncan

climber
London, UK
Apr 12, 2010 - 08:02am PT
Appropriate graffiti


The Spriggan

From sunny north London
Peter Haan

Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
Dec 14, 2010 - 07:51pm PT
Bumping this historic thread. Also to answer Le Bruce's question of 2008 here: yes the UC Berkeley Memorial Stadium cracks were all done in the sixties. We would do them at night having sneaked over the cyclone fence and gates. There were four, each was different. A couple also kind of wiggled--- problems in the original construction. They all bottomed out at about 6" with a sheetmetal backer in there that also had some nails left from the formwork process of these cast-in-place quadrants that made the stadium bleacher structures. Guessing they were built in the teens to the thirties.

Anyway awesome cracks, dead vertical---the business part was 40 ft with a cornice at top that was not hard. The cracks were 5.10 though due to sizing issues, the backers that blocked a nice deep jam and the vertical continuousness with no rests. Top-rope of course anchoring to the last row of bleachers..total ht maybe 80 ft ++. I guess they are doing a new stadium as we speak so I am not sure if these cracks are even there any more or will be surviving in a new design. My group was not the first on these; Roper, Pratt & co were on them in the earlier part of that decade.
groundup

Trad climber
hard sayin' not knowin'
Dec 14, 2010 - 08:26pm PT
The Great Wall. If the Mongols could climb 5.7 the Chinese were screwed.
nutjob

Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
Dec 14, 2010 - 08:58pm PT
Le_bruce, if the old stadium is going away we might need a night mission....

Ground_up: That 5.7 with boiling oil, stones, and arrows probably becomes 5.19d
survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 21, 2011 - 04:23pm PT
Bump for sumpin' aside sh*t slingin'!!
sandstone conglomerate

climber
sharon conglomerate central
Apr 21, 2011 - 07:08pm PT
Kick ass. Buildering has its own peculiar charms. There is a church near me that has all kinds of potential; overhangs, arches, underclings. The whole facade is offset sandstone built circa 1950. No climbing though, unless you are a ninja
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
bouldering
Sep 6, 2011 - 06:15pm PT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxAWGac3uzc
Reeotch

Trad climber
Kayenta, AZ
Sep 6, 2011 - 09:13pm PT
I remember we found this cool mausoleum in the Arcata cemetery. Hewn granite blocks, about 20' tall and 30 feet wide on each side. It was a killer pump, not very positive.

One day I got caught by the undertaker in mid-traverse: "What in THEEEE HELLLL are you doing up there?!!!! People are interred here . . ."

I'm sure it is still there in the cemetary at the top of the hill near the high school in Arcata CA. I think it was the Miner mausoleum . . .
waulrat

Big Wall climber
Santa Rosa, CA
Sep 7, 2011 - 04:42pm PT
I climbed that bridge a few years ago in the middle of winter, the holds had icicles on them. Cool place, its in Friberg Switzerland, which is also a cool little town.
Gene

climber
Sep 7, 2011 - 04:45pm PT
Cpt0bvi0u5,

NICE!!!

g
'Pass the Pitons' Pete

Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
Sep 7, 2011 - 08:26pm PT

Crashpads are for pussies. Why when I was a lad, we used to lieback with no crash pads. Summit or plummet, dude. Finger locks or pine box. Hand jam or body slam.

I've got a pig with your name on it next week, if you catch my Drift.
bvb

Social climber
flagstaff arizona
Sep 7, 2011 - 10:57pm PT
The Library Roof at Evergreen State College. This thing actually had a bolt on it, for leading. Ropeless it was committing and scary.


(Off White photo, 2/8/1980)
Peter Haan

Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
Sep 8, 2011 - 10:34pm PT
A related and very cool thread is about a Brit book recently published on building climbs in southern California. The book is awfully tongue and cheek but also dead serious and detailed!!

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=837458&tn=0&mr=0
pyro

Big Wall climber
Calabasas
Dec 15, 2012 - 01:56am PT
here is me doing a random act of buildering.
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 15, 2012 - 02:05am PT
pyro, where's your mask?!
dcaunt

Trad climber
Chico, CA
Dec 15, 2012 - 10:54am PT
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Dec 15, 2012 - 11:11am PT
McHale's Navy

Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
Jan 22, 2013 - 06:59pm PT
Cool thread - I'll dig up more stuff as time allows! Bellingham in the 90s. I don't know the history of this wall but it reminds me of the Star Trek Quarterdeck.
Boise in the 70s
McHale's Navy

Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
Jan 22, 2013 - 07:01pm PT
Whow! I deleted an entire thread! Now there is one.

I saw the UW red Square post. I climbed that chimney back in the 80s when Lynn Hill was doing a slide show nearby. I must have done it after the beer! I remember it being very wide - like toe and too wide to use my rear but I could use the sacrum area and ended up with a bit of a blister there. Would have been pretty serious to hit the deck there! When I got to the top I stayed in the chimney. It would have been a serious undertaking to climb out the top and then try to get back in! I have not done too much free-soloing but that would have to count as a free-solo.

E Robinson

climber
Salinas, CA
Jan 23, 2013 - 12:11am PT
Dave, is that the retaining wall by the railroad tracks somewhere off Foothill (or something like that)? Cool memories of old glue ups, I always wondered if any of those epoxied holds stayed up.
briham89

Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
Jan 23, 2013 - 12:52am PT
Not really a building...but "dam" that's kind of cool!!!!

McHale's Navy

Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
Feb 4, 2013 - 11:13pm PT
Dam - that dam looks fun. That bridge is beyond amazing! This overpass wall in Soda Springs, Idaho from 1987 is the closest I have to that. It was about 200 feet long though!
I just remembered I DO have a dam shot. This is the Piru Dam spillway about 1968.
TrundleBum

Trad climber
Las Vegas
Jun 7, 2013 - 10:10pm PT

Bumpity bump.
MisterE

Social climber
Jun 7, 2013 - 10:22pm PT
jabbas

Trad climber
New River, AZ
Jun 7, 2013 - 11:50pm PT
Sorry -- No pic's , but a whole lot of Fry's food stores in AZ have exquisite 12a/b finger frying 40 foot plus walls at the back of their stores. We would lay matresses down and go for the top... fun for all ...
bearbnz

Trad climber
East Side, California
Jun 8, 2013 - 01:36am PT


Once inside, they bouldered up to the tank location


And made it to the top floor



On the the same trip, bouldering some charcoal kilns near Ely, NV
Chugach

Trad climber
Vermont
Jun 10, 2013 - 10:02pm PT
What sort of as#@&%e would climb on a pyramid or other historical monument?

MisterE

Social climber
Jul 12, 2013 - 09:39am PT
Reckless endangerment bump.
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
extraordinaire
Oct 7, 2013 - 01:02am PT
Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
Oct 7, 2013 - 01:12am PT
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
extraordinaire
Mar 28, 2015 - 10:23pm PT
Peter Haan

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
Mar 29, 2015 - 09:12am PT
And of course, let's not forget the work of Alex Hartley, LA Climbs, a marvelously wry volume available from Amazon and other sources.

TheSoloClimber

Trad climber
Vancouver
Mar 29, 2015 - 11:28am PT

Stem corner just up the road from where I live.
perswig

climber
Mar 29, 2015 - 11:44am PT
Likin' it, folks.



BIOTCH, those last two show amazing composition.
Thanks.

Dale
Blakey

Trad climber
Sierra Vista
Mar 29, 2015 - 03:40pm PT
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Apr 9, 2015 - 06:11am PT
1`=`








cliffhanger

Trad climber
California
Jun 24, 2015 - 10:40am PT
Here's some video:

http://www.30bananasaday.com/forum/topics/good-rock-climbing-business-idea-urban-climbing-aka-roofing
Reeotch

climber
4 Corners Area
Jun 24, 2015 - 11:03am PT
The cemetary in Arcata has an amazing mausoleum (Minor family)made of hewn granite blocks.
I wish I had a picture of the undertaker confronting me, mid-traverse:

What in THE HELL are you doing?! People are INTERRED here!"

At least he didn't call the cops . . .
Barney Rubble

Trad climber
ALAMEDA
Jun 24, 2015 - 12:31pm PT
Buildering on the castle above the town of Nafplio Greece. If you tried this at the Acropolis in Athens the authorities would be on you the moment you even thought about it. Elsewhere in Greece it hard to walk 10 feet before tripping over some ancient (and forgotten) treasure.

The buildering potential was amazing and looked at times like an M.C. Escher print.

Quality stone and lots of it!
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Jun 24, 2015 - 01:06pm PT
A gem from jgill's website. Photo by the Abraham brothers.I'm totally unsure why this came out like this.

Perhaps the barndoor is open in the lower section? :0)
k-man

Gym climber
SCruz
Jan 31, 2016 - 04:48pm PT
Marty and I had quite the circuit. I've got more pictures somewhere...

And man, after a good chalk-up session, nothing like hitting the pub at the local Student Union!! Yep, that'd be k-man and martygarrison, enjoying the suds...

Contractor

Boulder climber
CA
Jan 31, 2016 - 05:38pm PT

Ventura Vagabond offers climbing.
rmuir

Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
Jan 31, 2016 - 05:58pm PT

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
— Winston Churchillq
Craig Fry

Trad climber
So Cal.
Jan 31, 2016 - 08:25pm PT
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
Jan 31, 2016 - 08:45pm PT
What an idiot - just walk up the stairs!!
k-man

Gym climber
SCruz
Jan 31, 2016 - 08:59pm PT
Randisi, that structure was the famed Mt. Earl, named after the P.E. teacher who had the foresight to put it in in the late '70s (notice the date on the newspaper article says 3-20-80). I don't know for sure if it's the very first, but that's the earliest climbing wall that I ever knew of. 40' telephone poles, 8' apart. Plywood stacked on their side all the way up, with one wall on wheels so you could have a lower-angle wall. All the holds were wood.

We had a circuit that went all over campus. I remember some really great problems. Of course, there are the obvious hand cracks that go up for three stories on each building. On top of one building, there's a hurtful finger crack, and some great traverses.
Burnin' Oil

Trad climber
CA
Feb 1, 2016 - 11:27am PT



Truthdweller

Trad climber
San Diego, CA (stuck in Jersey)
Feb 23, 2016 - 11:13pm PT

drljefe

climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
Feb 24, 2016 - 12:34am PT

Matty. Upper Trestles
climber bob

Social climber
maine
Feb 24, 2016 - 06:32am PT
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