Buildering

Buildering (pun on bouldering) or urban climbing is climbing the outside of buildings and other urban structures. This may be illegal. Buildering is also sometimes known as Stegophily, and is a common public school (uk) activity, mostly undertaken at night-time.

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Famous urban climbers

Alain Robert -- Empire State Building in New York, Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Sears Tower in Chicago, Eiffel Tower in Paris, Grande Arche de la Défense in Paris, Petronas Tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Dan Goodwin, aka Spider Dan -- Sears Tower in Chicago (1981).
George Willig -- World Trade Center
Heath Bunting -- Urban Olympics
Harry and Simon Westaway -- Big Ben in London anti-war protest for Greenpeace

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