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September 23, 2004 7:28 AM

Builderingand 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