[1] The sport is a subset of buildering, or urban climbing, and is distinguished by the fact that it is usually carried out nocturnally by university students.
[3] In 1905, while a master at Eton College, Young produced his second book, a small volume on buildering, entitled "Wall and Roof Climbing".
The identification of the first Cambridge night climber remains an open question, but Young is generally regarded as the original pioneer.
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During his time studying mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge, Freeman Dyson was known to have practiced night climbing.