Roofing

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A rooftopper on the top of the Frankfurt Imperial Cathedral.
A rooftopper on the top of the Frankfurt Imperial Cathedral.
A roofer on a high-rise in Frankfurt am Main.
A roofer on a high-rise in Frankfurt am Main.

Roofing [ ˈru: fɪŋ ] ( English for 'roofing, roofing'), also rooftopping [ ˈru: fˈtɒpɪŋ ] ( English for 'to be on the top of the roof') is an activity in which mostly adolescents and young adults without safety on highClimb structures or buildings in order to photograph or film yourself there. Such young people are referred to as Roofer [ ˈru: fəʳ ] or Roofr [ ˈru: fʳ ]. Rooftopping is a criminal offense in many countries.

General

Roofing is a form of urban exploration - the exploration of the urban infrastructure from unusual angles. Roofing has split off from two types of climbing, lattice climbing and buildering (facade climbing), although unlike the other types of climbing, it does not necessarily have to be about climbing. Even if it is mostly climbing, daring balancing acts are carried out in addition to exploring and taking photos. Roofing is particularly popular in Russia , although in recent years this hobby has grown in popularity in London, Hong Kong and other major cities.

The photos and videos created during roofing are often uploaded to corresponding internet platforms such as Youtube , Vimeo or Instagram and sometimes receive several million views. Due to the increasing attention, some roofers are taking ever higher risks in order to produce more and more spectacular recordings. Furthermore, roofing is seen as a test of courage for some. Repeated fatal accidents have occurred due to risky roofing.

Well-known examples

Roofing is mainly practiced in large cities, as there are particularly tall buildings from which one has a wide view.

An old long-wave transmission mast in the town of Elektrostal near Moscow is a popular climbing object on the rooftop scene. A picture taken there was voted one of the best pictures in Russia in 2011. There were a total of 6 towers, these have since been blown up and collapsed.

In May 2012, two Russian roofers climbed onto a more than 300 meter high pylon of the Russky Bridge , the largest cable-stayed bridge in the world near Vladivostok . The bridge was under construction at the time. Both roofers used a construction crane to climb the pylon.

On February 12, 2014, a video was uploaded to the video platform YouTube that shows the two Russian roofers Vadim Machorow and Vitaly Raskalow climbing the crane jib of the Shanghai Tower .

The music video for the song network (Falls like rain) by the Austrian duo Klangkarussell , published on YouTube on May 9, 2014 and filmed in Belgrade, shows the Ukrainian roofer Mustang Wanted u. a. when climbing the Genex Tower .

The Russian Kirill Oreshkin and the British James Kingston also achieved international fame through the roofing and their videos on YouTube.

In April 2015, two roofers climbed the 363 m high, disused antenna mast of the Donebach long-wave transmitter in Baden-Württemberg .

A rooftopper sits on the edge of the Swissmill Tower in Zurich.
A rooftopper sits on the edge of the Swissmill Tower in Zurich.

On July 8, 2019, the British George King-Thompson climbed the tallest building in England The Shard with a height of 310 meters. He was sentenced to six months in prison for this, and was released after three months for good conduct.

The lattice category

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The Lattice category defines the various forms of Lattice Climbing and the associated structures as well as the names of different types of climbing in lattice climbing.

Lattice climbing

The Lattice Climbing ( German : Grid climbing ', rock climbing in the so-called Lattice category) is a Climbing, which until the time of the Industrial Revolution can be traced back in Germany, France, England and Scotland and describes climbing on lattice towers as transmission towers , Overhead line masts , lattice towers and certain bridge structures . It can be carried out both with a safety device (classic lattice climbing) and unsecured (extreme lattice climbing). Workers who erected the first large steel and iron structures climbed onto the structures unsecured to work and are considered the first Lattice Climbers. But even then there were hobby lattice climbers who climbed structures in their free time; in Germany there were the first hobby lattice climbers as early as 1879. In the period from 1889 to the 1930s there were most lattice climbers in Europe a. a. at the Eiffel Tower, this is how photographer Erick Blumenfeld photographed models climbing and posing on the tower.

The striking thing about this type of climbing is that it has been climbing high-voltage pylons since the construction of the 110 kV Lauchhammer Riesa line . From 1912 to the 1930s, some lines, but also large intersection masts, were built in Germany, on which a few extreme lattice climbers climbed in addition to the builders. In 1930 a photographer climbed onto the northern 138 meter high power pole at the overhead line crossing of Voerde and took a picture showing the small town of Götterswickerhamm .

There is even a special skull logo with crossed lightning bolts and the inscription "Lattice Climbing Extremgitterstieg", which serves both as a trademark of the dangerous type of climbing and as a warning.

Old Lattice Climbing Time (OLCT) and New Lattice Climbing Wave (NLCW)

The OLCT describes the period from 2004 to 2010, in which the first noteworthy grid-climber videos appeared on the Internet, both from Germany and from other parts of the world.

The so-called New Wave describes the period from 2011 to 2016. During this time, most of the grid climber videos were published on social networks. Although lattice climbing has existed for a very long time in Germany and is the oldest form of urban climbing, the NLCW assumed the roofing trend from Russia, as the videos and pictures of Russian climbers quickly became known on TV and in the newspaper.

In Germany, various climbers climbed on inactive transmission masts during the same period. a. in Donebach, Zehlendorf, Aholming, Frohnau, Mühlacker, Heusweiler and Horgenzell as well as on other masts.

past

In addition to the period between 1879 and 1940, there were also some spectacular climbers in the 1960s and 1970s. For the 75th birthday of the Eiffel Tower, two climbers, officially approved, climbed the Eiffel Tower. This was one of the first lattice climbing tours to make headlines around the world.

In the 1980s, American extreme athlete Skip Stanley , also known as the Blue Bandit , climbed a 580 meter high Ivy Ices mast and made headlines across the country with this action.

In the 1920s and 1930s there were a few climbers in Germany who climbed the large electricity pylons that were built on the Rhine near Voerde and Rheinhausen.

present

Even today, after the NLCW (until 2016), there are many lattice climbers in addition to the roofers, and some climbers are also known in Germany.

In the summer of 2019, at least one climber illegally climbed the Eiffel Tower. The lower platform was cleared and more than 2000 people had to be evacuated. The campaign made headlines around the world.

Wild climbing

Unauthorized climbing in the lattice category is called wild lattice climbing , whether on the crane, mast or bridge. It doesn't matter whether the climber is secured or not.

Legal lattice climbing

In some countries, such as Switzerland, Italy or Australia, there are providers who take tourists to safely climb bridges or masts, for example in Sicily at Torre Faro or in Sydney at the Harbor Bridge .

In Germany, on the other hand, you can only climb with a special permit and under certain conditions. This is what happened in 2015 for the ProSieben series Mein bester Feind : A participant disguised as King Kong climbed the Berlin radio tower securely, but from the outside.

Deaths

The likelihood of surviving a fall while rooftoping is even lower than with mountain sports: While there have been cases of climbers who have fallen, caught in walls and were seriously injured, a rooftopper almost always falls unchecked to the ground.

There is no precise information on the number of rooftoppers who died. It is known, however, that at least 500 amateur lattice climbers have died while climbing in the last 140 years. This does not include workers who previously climbed unsecured.

In the London rooftopping scene in 2019, a roofer better known on Instagram died near Waterloo Station while climbing scaffolding.

Chinese rooftopper Wu Yongning died when he dropped from a 62-story skyscraper in Changsha and slipped in the process.

Criminal liability

Rooftopping is a criminal offense in many countries, as the rooftopper gain unauthorized access. Rooftopper often use techniques such as lockpicking to overcome access security , which can be another criminal offense depending on the country.

Germany

In Germany, roofing or lattice climbing usually complies with various offenses, e.g. B. Trespassing or property damage . The sentence can range from a fine to two years in prison.

Switzerland

In Switzerland, roofing usually also constitutes trespassing , although it only counts as a break-in if something is stolen. The sentence can range from a fine to three years in prison.

Russia

In Russia, however, roofing is not a criminal offense per se. Climbing on the roof of houses is generally not considered trespassing.

England

In England is trespassing no criminal offense, but since especially in London was very popular Rooftopping, many building owners applied for a so-called Injunction which causes Rooftopper can be punished with fines or imprisonment. There is only one known case in which a court convicted a rooftopper of injunction, namely the Englishman who climbed the tallest building in England, The Shard . He was sentenced to six months in prison.

Movies

  • Danny's Test of Courage (1998) | In this film, little Danny climbs up a 100 meter high transmission mast.
  • Roof Culture Asia (2017) | A film by the parkour crew Storror, which shows their climbing activities in Asia.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ n-tv: Carelessness on Moscow's roofs: Roofers are looking for a high altitude intoxication. (Video 1m51s) In: n-tv. May 8, 2012, accessed June 6, 2015 .
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  5. ↑ cf. http://ratzer.at/archive/2012/msg10080.html . The medium wave masts are in a different place.
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  8. ↑ Василий Заика: Видео: В подмосковной Электростали взорвали знаменитые радиомачты. Retrieved April 10, 2020 (Russian).
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  14. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/daredevil-or-reckless-russias-spiderman-kirill-oreshkin-takes-extreme-selfies-from-moscows-tallest-buildings-9214540.html
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  16. ↑ GRAVE YARD KIDZ: Climbing a 363m Radio Tower in Donebach-Germany. In: YouTube.com. April 20, 2015, accessed July 23, 2015 .
  17. ↑ See also: Roofer climb the Donebach transmission mast. In: NOKZEIT, May 22, 2015, on the Internet: http://www.nokzeit.de/2015/05/22/unbekannte-besteigen-sendemast-donebach/
  18. ↑ Amy Walker: Shard freeclimber jailed for 24 weeks for breaching injunction . In: The Guardian . October 21, 2019, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed February 29, 2020]).
  19. ↑ Man who fell from scaffolding 'may have climbed to enjoy London views'. September 13, 2019, accessed March 4, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Famed Chinese 'rooftopper' falls to his death from 62-storey building in stunt gone wrong. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Jenny Gödecker: Roofer: Climbing for the kick. In: wuerzburgerleben.de. Experience Würzburg, February 3, 2014, accessed on June 6, 2015 .
  22. ↑ SR 311.0 Swiss Criminal Code of December 21, 1937. Retrieved on February 29, 2020 .
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  24. ↑ Danny's test of courage | Film 1998. Accessed March 4, 2020 .
  25. ^ Roof Culture Asia. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .