Buildering as a sport has always sat a little outside the climbing mainstream with, realistically, few dedicated practitioners. However, the Sondrio Street Climb event in Sondrio, Italy has, in recent years, pushed the sport more into the mainstream. On Saturday 11th of April this year, the streets of downtown Sondrio played host to the city's sixth buildering festival. Competitiors were given five and a half hours in which to complete as many problems as possible ahead of a final to be held in the main square that evening. The problems on display, set by mountain guide Gianluca Maspes ranged from the straighforward to the downright weird with an unusual hanging barrel problem giving lots of the competitors some trouble. To get an idea of how all this organised chaos played out, you can check out this video from Nereal.

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