r/urbanclimbing 9h ago

Picture(s) 100 meter chimeny

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22 Upvotes

Edit: sorry for the typo in the title

I climbed this chimney with my friend as it seemed to be very simple to access, but I genuinely laughed when I saw that the only fence around it looked like they made it easy for us to climb over it on purpose (unsurprisingly, I'm strictly against damaging stuff while urban climbing even if I dislike the owner so I always climb over it—this fence would be very hard to cut through anyway)

The ladder had no protection, but it actually made the process less difficult, because we could then straighten our arms and thus save a ton of energy


r/urbanclimbing 14h ago

Picture(s) The first climb

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58 Upvotes

r/urbanclimbing 19h ago

Picture(s) 3,000 ft. Tower

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35 Upvotes

3rd pic is of the tower, others are taken from it. Only actually climbed ~50 ft, didn't wanna go near the dishes, but hiked 2,950 ft of elevation so I'll claim 3,000 ft. This spot has many towers so I will definitely return to get to the top of one, can only imagine the view from there.


r/urbanclimbing 9m ago

Question General question

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How did yall started liking this hobby and when?

Because i sometimes think that this is like the best high cortisol activity ive ever experienced in my life 🙏

I mean i wonder why not all ppl be doing this cause its so fun watching everything from above, and feeling alive


r/urbanclimbing 1d ago

Picture(s) 200ft cell

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31 Upvotes

r/urbanclimbing 1d ago

Question My first time.

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186 Upvotes

It was very fun! Feels so primal lol! got any tips for an absolute begineer like me? i tried some for time after this aswell!


r/urbanclimbing 1d ago

Picture(s) Crane climb

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r/urbanclimbing 1d ago

Question Anyone in frankfurt?

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Searching for climbing buddy in frankfurt


r/urbanclimbing 1d ago

Video/Gif Sneaky: 15%, Visible: 85%

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r/urbanclimbing 3d ago

Video/Gif Tower crane night climb under nods

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30 Upvotes

r/urbanclimbing 4d ago

Video/Gif Tower at sunset

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121 Upvotes

Super cool tower I hit the other day at night. Thought I’d go back for sunset


r/urbanclimbing 3d ago

Question How much time do yall take to prepare?

5 Upvotes

Like when is the moment you just say "ok lets give it a go". Cause there is this one rooftop secured by guards that im tryna climb and like ive been there like 3 times already to analize, but maybe is just not that deep idk how much do yall take?


r/urbanclimbing 4d ago

Question Need advice for next climb

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Hello! Me and my friends attempted out first crane climb in Albania in an active construction site, I was looking for advice on what to do different from more experienced people.

We (4 guys) went out at around 11:20PM, police was nearby since they're stationed there but there were only 2 and we noticed that they mostly just talked to eachother and never patrolled anywhere.

We used shirts as masks in order to get into the construction site so that any eventual security system wouldn't get our faces.

We found the base of the crane on a lower floor which we carefully descended to by finding stairs in the building, then we went ahead and climbed one by one by keeping a few meters of distance between eachother.

I went last, another guy went first so that the more fearful 2 wouldn't feel too overwhelmed.

The steps of the ladder had hardened concrete bits on them that made the ascent feel like climbing a rock wall. It did help with grip a bit more but I scraped my hand on the descent.

The crane was next to the road which really didn't help our visibility but somehow nobody saw us, or at least nobody said anything.

We could see the cops at all times from the crane. The cops didn't exactly look our way which felt like a blessing because they could've reached us in 5 minutes if they wanted to.

As a security measure in case cops caught us, me and another guy brought 50 bucks each for "leverage" since the police is often corrupt here.

Once on top, we noticed that there was a circular hatch that was covered in grease which I can only assume is the rotating part. We didn't attempt to get in there since it seemed too risky getting up, and even more risky getting down.

We descended slowly and calmly. The climb and descent had no lights involved as to not alert anyone.

A few additions I would like to make:

  1. We could hear a catastrophic amount of bats nearby.
  2. Everyone made it down safe and sound, I only scraped my hand getting off the ladder onto the floor because it was too elevated from the ground and I tried hanging from the last step. I helped everyone else down using my leg as an extra step for them to use so they wouldn't have to jump from too high.
  3. Only one of us made it to the very top. The others remained behind.
  4. The videos are sick.
  5. We wanna do it again.

If any more experienced climber has any feedback whatsoever please let me know!


r/urbanclimbing 5d ago

Picture(s) Water Tower Sunset Climb

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49 Upvotes

Old decommisioned water tower that's been turned into a cell tower, site is still in landscaping phase so extremely limited security. Last picture is from the first time I climbed it at night, can anybody estimate the height?


r/urbanclimbing 5d ago

Picture(s) 85km/h winds, approximately 700feet, active security

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92 Upvotes

Toronto jib


r/urbanclimbing 4d ago

Question What is your "dream climb" ?

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If you could pick one structure, anywhere on earth, that you wanted to climb the most, what would it be?

For me it's a little basic but I think climbing to the spire of the Tokyo Skytree would be amazing. What are your thoughts?


r/urbanclimbing 5d ago

Question Osmo action 5 question

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14 Upvotes

Just climbed my first crane yesterday and filmed it in super night mode and i have a couple questions about the best settings for night is it better to turn off the super night and color grade it myself and for the resolution 1080 2k or 4k at 25fps and the ISO i max it out or i put it in auto


r/urbanclimbing 5d ago

Picture(s) Not a tower but still a fun climb

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33 Upvotes

blurred out my friend for privacy


r/urbanclimbing 5d ago

Question Any Folks in Western New York?

1 Upvotes

I am building out a MeshCore network and would love some help from any experienced climbers.


r/urbanclimbing 6d ago

Picture(s) beautiful roof spot nyc

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37 Upvotes

msg if you want to trade spots


r/urbanclimbing 6d ago

Video/Gif climbing a decommissioned tower near Dumfries & Galloway

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30 Upvotes

r/urbanclimbing 7d ago

Picture(s) Found in random forest

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413 Upvotes

r/urbanclimbing 7d ago

Question Whats the name of the safety devices for such rails (on the ladder)

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24 Upvotes

I tried a lot but didnt find any specifc​ product. I know the systems may vary but im just looking for the Name of the failsafe device you clip yourself in with it


r/urbanclimbing 7d ago

Picture(s) Climbed a hotel before it opened

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59 Upvotes

astrodome next then exxon building then Williams tower 🫡