Buildering

Buildering (also called bouldering Urban Climbing, climbing buildings, facade climbing or Urban) is a form of climbing and bouldering in the urban area of artificial structures and man-made objects and buildings.

Terms of Use

In general, it moves when Buildering, especially on private land, in a problematic legal situation. The Buildering on buildings, as it operates Alain Robert is prohibited and punishable usually.

• The damage to the property of others,
• Climbing to listed buildings,
• The attachment of fixed fuses,
• The public obstruction,
• Obstruction of sidewalks and
• The influence of road transport by falls, material or Moves

Are usually factors that can lead to problems with the municipal or city government and the police. Bouldering and climbing in jump height on walls, bridges and similar objects is not usually affected them.

Buildering

In most cases, without fuses and cable, such as bouldering, climbing. Only a crash pad, a kind of soft floor mat is placed under the climber to protect it from injury. In large cities there are, occasionally, the old buildings, bunkers and bridges the opportunity to officially go climb. Especially in Berlin bunkers and in Munich at the climbing bridge Eichenau such " systems " known. The number of people who operated the Buildering, it is difficult to estimate. Many use the Buildering for training and especially young people appreciate this sport because you can builders in the immediate vicinity and the sport is usually free of charge.

In the same year as the second Buildering World Cup 2008, the first Builderingführer for the cities Mainz and Wiesbaden appeared. In addition to legal spots and climbing areas in the region are described in the guide.

Where currently the center of the scene is, is hard to say. A few years ago still Mainz and Wiesbaden were considered centers. Meanwhile, the regions of Halle / Leipzig, Munich and Vienna are known for their great Builderingszene.

In general, the Builderer not identify with the building climbers known as Alain Robert, as they want to play the game legally and in the long term, without coming into conflict with the law.

Events

The media interest in the Buildering increases from year to year and 2006 in Cologne, and in October 2008 in Essen found the first World Championships held in Buildering. Old and new master is the Allgäu Christian Benk from Isny ​​.

2009 founded a handful of Italian Builderer the Boulder Street Association to the rising movement in Italy to give a formal structure and act as organizers, as well as to assist others to that effect. Meanwhile, the Street Boulder Contest is a great and very popular event that is not only supported by the community, but even, in addition to other well-known outdoor companies, co-financed.

Famous Buildings climbers

• Harry Gardiner (1871 -? ), The Human Fly climbed from 1905 around 700 buildings
• George Willig (* 1949), climbed in 1977 the World Trade Center
• Alain Robert (born 1962 ), French free climber