Buildering 2008

We are doing it again...

For years student climbing bums have fantasized about one day climbing up the outside of that fantastically tall University Library. Well, if you take a look at it at any time on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th of May from 10am to 4pm, you are highly likely to see it rigged up with ropes, and one or more students scaling the outside. If you want to be one of those lucky enough to give it a go - sign up soon!

Climbing is completely and utterly free for Climbing Club members. Non-members pay $10. We will include a BBQ^^

The route we have selected looks to be between grades 14-15 (or 22 depending on your style), and is situated right smack-bang on the front of the library facing the Registry, between the 6th and 11th floors. There are two routes side-by side and they are roughly identical, so two people will climb at once.

Fill out the form below. Please give your full name, email address and a contact number, whether or not you are a club member, and your first and second-preferred half-hour block from those available (i.e. 10-10.30; 10.30-11; ... 15:30-16). There will be 6 climbers assigned to each half-hour block, and you will have 10 minutes to do your climb – so make it count!

We still have a couple of event positions to fill so if anyone is interested in being the official photographer for the day that would be great, and also we are looking for people to be outside the library with a stand to tell people what’s going on up there.

Proceedings

Climbers gather on the 6th floor of the library near the window at the bottom of the climb at your assigned time.
Apart from event organisers, there are only the two climbers on the outside of the building at any one time – one on each route. No-one is allowed on the roof of the library at any time (it will be locked). Everyone else will stay in the library until the current climbers are finished and safely back inside the building.

Disclaimer

The University of Canterbury Climbing Club will do everything it can to make sure that you as a climber are safe while taking part in this activity. However, we will not be held responsible for any damage to equipment or for any accident that may result in injury to yourself or any person you interact with for the duration of the event. You climb at your own risk.
We will take pictures during the day and might display them on the website. If you wish not to have your pictures on our website, please let us know. Personal information collected will only be used by the organisers for this event. Any person may inspect or correct their personal information held by the Club.

Special Thanks

The Rec Centre kindly sponsors a one year membership for the Rec Centre and some drinking bottles... we chip in two massage vouchers. I guess we will give them out to the best costume or the people who try the hardest :-)

We would also like to thank R&R Sport for being such a great sponsor and The Roxx for giving our members a good climbing deal.