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September 23, 2004 7:28 AM

Buildering and urban climbing (found while researching Alain Robert who recently struck again)
posted by shoepal (11 comments total)

video and photos of Alain on Montparnasse Tower.
posted by shoepal at 7:42 AM on September 23, 2004

I've always loved this sort of stuff though I suspect in a post 9/11 America more and more of these guys will end up getting arrested, if not shot.
posted by bondcliff at 7:42 AM on September 23, 2004

see also: Jinx Magazine (leans more towards "urban exploration" and visiting places you aren't supposed to, but is interesting nonetheless) and this Urban Bridge Climbingarticle from Blue Magazine.
posted by shoepal at 7:51 AM on September 23, 2004

more videos
posted by shoepal at 9:02 AM on September 23, 2004

this is great - thank you.

I recently moved to a new urban environment and this looks like it could be a fun new hobby.
posted by jmgorman at 9:39 AM on September 23, 2004

See also, Le Parkour....


So much for my future front page post
posted by drezdn at 9:40 AM on September 23, 2004

It would have been a double anyway.
posted by homunculus at 9:54 AM on September 23, 2004

I just can't conceive of someone climbing the Petronis Towers without climbing gear. This guy would make the world's best cat-burgler.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 10:03 AM on September 23, 2004

I knew I should have done a google site:metafilter.com search for Parkour in addition to buildering and urban climbing...
posted by shoepal at 10:47 AM on September 23, 2004

University of Colorado campus
posted by jacobsee at 12:23 PM on September 23, 2004

(not that they're short of real rock to climb around there
posted by jacobsee at 12:24 PM on September 23, 2004