LA Climbs – Alternative Uses For Architecture

Bouldering is climbing without a rope, and buildering is climbing on
buildings, generally without a rope and often without permission. This sounds
dangerous and illegal, and it is… In LA Climbs Alternative Uses for
Architecture climbs are photographed named, graded, and appear alongside
topographic diagrams and detailed route descriptions. Crossing over from
artistic intervention to a guidebook for the climber bored with legitimate
locations, Hartley’s project has similarities to the exploits of the legendary
Frenchman Alain Robert (who famously scaled the Petronas Towers, the Eiffel
Tower and the Empire State Building).
Through a combination of colour photography, drawings and diagrams, this book
provides an alternative view of key sites and buildings in and around LA.