buildering

[bil-der-ing]

noun

1. the practice of climbing tall urban buildings, for sport or publicity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of buildering¹

1975–80; modeled on bouldering, the sport of climbing large rocks or boulders

Example Sentences

These daring acts, however, do not come close to escalada, or “buildering”, whereby pixadores scale the outside of a building by holding on to its external surge arrester cable.

From The Guardian

We come to understand "buildering," the act of climbing the outside of landmark buildings to reach the "wee turrets in the corners."

From Los Angeles Times