Buildering

Night climbing is a particular branch of buildering which has been practiced for many years in a variety of locations, especially at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England.

Adepts of buildering who are seen climbing on buildings without authorization are regularly met by police forces upon completing their exploit.

Spectacular acts of buildering, such as free soloing skyscrapers, are usually accomplished by lone, experienced climbers, sometimes attracting large crowds of passers-by and media attention.

He successfully climbed over 700 buildings in Europe and North America, usually wearing ordinary street clothes and using no special equipment.

[6] In 1937, a comprehensive and lighthearted account of Cambridge night climbing (undergraduate buildering) appeared in popular print,[7] written by Noël Howard Symington, under the pseudonym "Whipplesnaith".

[16] In 2011, they published an omnibus edition of the three Trinity guides,[17] including an introduction by Richard Williams which reviewed the history of night climbing in Cambridge from the 18th century to the present day.

From around 2008, buildering (also known as "roofing") became popular amongst teenagers and young adults in eastern European countries including Russia and Ukraine.

In 2013, the History Press published a book by John Engle on the history of student pranks at Trinity College Dublin, which featured a full chapter on the university's long-standing night climbing tradition, including the buildering activities of the Dublin University Climbing Club.

[18] In August 2016, a young man going by the name Stephen Rogata attempted to scale New York City's 68-story Trump Tower using climbing gear and giant suction cups; NYPD officers apprehended him at the 21st floor.

In 2010, Goodwin, now a stage four cancer survivor, scaled San Francisco, California's sixty-story Millennium Tower to call attention to the fire department's inability to conduct rescue operations in the upper floors of skyscrapers.

At least seven builderers became known as "The Human Fly", all from the United States, as follows: In the 1930s, Whipplesnaith (Noël Symington) climbed many buildings in Cambridge, England.