00:00 This podcast episode is about the extreme sport of buildering, which is essentially climbing buildings.

04:56 Buildering is the act of climbing up the outside of a building, typically with the goal of reaching the top.

09:41 Buildering has been happening since the early 1900s, with the first known guidebook being published in 1900 by Joffrey Winthrop Young for climbing Trinity College buildings in Cambridge, England.

14:30 Harry H Gardner, one of the early builderers, climbed several buildings in the early 1900s, including the 12-story Detroit News building, and gained public attention, but eventually disappeared and was possibly murdered at the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

19:09 Harry H Gardner was known for saying that many men have tried to do what he does and died trying, but there were also other successful builderers, such as Henry Rowland who climbed the Davis County Courthouse in Iowa.

24:09 In the 1970s and 80s, buildering started to gain popularity again, with George Willig climbing the World Trade Center using a device he designed to fit between the windows.

28:59 Dan Goodwin, dressed as Spider-Man, climbed the Sears Tower in Chicago and the John Hancock Tower, and then climbed the Sears Tower in Toronto twice in the same day, while Alan Robert prefers to climb buildings without much equipment.

33:58 Alan Robert, also known as Mustang Wanted, is a lesser-known urban climber who does free climbing and building, while also being sponsored by a hair replacement company and occasionally wearing a Spider-Man outfit.

39:15 Urban climbers sometimes engage in promotional activities or are sponsored by companies, and some have even gone on to do stunt work in movies, such as the thrilling scenes in Casino Royale and Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, but it's important to note that these activities can be dangerous and illegal, and property owners often try to prevent climbers from accessing their buildings.

44:10 Urban climbers can get in trouble for criminal trespassing, and in some cases, the police have tried to remove climbers from buildings using various means, such as blasting them with a fire hose; one climber, Dan Goodwin, claimed that the fire commissioner threatened to kill him if he climbed again, and he was inspired by the Las Vegas MGM grand fire to climb buildings and help rescue people during fires, although no one has taken him up on his offer.

48:47 Climbing buildings is dangerous and should not be attempted, even with the best equipment and trustworthy friends.