That Leo Houlding fella's been at it again, this time he'sclimbed the Printworks building in central Manchester tolaunch this year's Kendal Festival which kicks off tomorrow, Friday10 November.Berghaus-sponsored Leo's no stranger to media-friendly stunts.Apart from tackling some ...

An enterprising local businessman has found a novel way to makehis way up in the world! For builder Dave Blunt has struck gold withhis idea to build staircases with a difference. "Well, it were my wife what give me the idea," explains Dave. "Shesays

Here's one we missed at the weekend - French climber Alain Robertbacked off an attempted ascent of Canary Wharf because of cold andrain last week.Robert, known as 'Spiderman', presumably because of his climbingexploits rather than his tights, had intended to scale the 244-metreCa...

We've mentioned it before, but with warner, drier weather forecast- ahem, that'll put the kaibosh on it - The North Face's newBuildering shoe looks like an attractive option for walking,scrambling or just mooching around in the sun...TNF say

Frankly weird buildering news from Taegu, Korea where a26-year-old man has been arrested for climbing a ten stories up a gaspipe on the outside of a building to gain access to his girlfriend'sapartment where he assaulted her with a burning cigarette

GoGas, the specialist outdoor gas appliance manufacturer whichrecently went into liquidation has been acquired by a company calledCadac (UK) Ltd.Cadac are specialists in gas appliances themselves and produce arange of gas barbecues, cylinders and the like, so there is what isdesc...

OUTDOORSmagic has gone all ‘Changing Rooms’ over the past few weeks by giving the User Review section, the place where you can read about what works in the real world, a much-needed makeover. Unlike our chums from the BBC we made far more than the odd MDF cupboard and decorated w...

French 'buildering' specialist Alain Robert has climbed a 72-storybuilding outside Paris to protest against the Iraq war.Popularly known as 'spiderman', Robert scaled the headquarters ofoil conglomerate TotalFina Elf wearing a tee-shirt with a 'No

A former RAF officer and climber who scaled an office block in aprotest against the war in Iraq has been cleared of causing a publicnuisance by Southwark Crown Court.Stephen Wigglesworth unveiled a banner carrying a message to TonyBlair on a 40-foot ledge on the city building but...

More climbing stuff on the BBC, this time with a more architectural sort of flavour as a new series, Climbing Great Buildings prepares to hit the screen.It pretty much does what it says on the tin with Dr Jonathan Foyle, an architectural historian scaling some of Britain's most i...