Rooftopping

Rooftopping involves getting on to the roofs of buildings, usually for the view. Larger buildings have more intricate roofs that provide more exploration opportunities, including possible entry to the building.

GES005 Adelaide House - An Art Deco office block overlooking the Thames and City

GES013 Munich 2010 - Some nice rooftopping and cathedral climb, but sorry, pics are terrible

GES017 Golden Cross House & South African Embassy - Some great views and dawn light across Trafalgar Sq

GES018 French Embassy, London - One of the hardest security operations i've beaten, sadly for little reward

GES020 Eagle Tower, Old St - A simple skyscraper explore on the edge of the City

GES022 Strata Tower, London - A different location from which to look out over London from. 

GES030 Discovery Dock West Apartments, Docklands - A quick and easy rooftop, and my first bust 

GES034 Metropole Building - Exploring the rooftops of a grand old building overlooking the Thames in London

GES041 The Salesforce Tower  - Trip 1 - Climbing the 2nd tallest tower in the UK with a bunch of crazy amigos

GES041 The Salesforce Tower - Trip 2 - Solo climb to see London from above in daylight

GES043 Le Meridien Hotel & No.1 Piccadilly building - clambouring around a fancy hotel on a fancy London street

GES044 Temple Court, London - A cheeky rooftop explore

GES051 Nido Tower, London - My first seriously high tall building. And an amazing night of rooftopping

GES064 Kings Reach Tower - Once home to the NME & Melody Maker, now a conversion with a great roof

GES073 Muscal House, London - Tower block in Hammersmith that looks down on Queen's Club

GES074 Olympia Exhibition Hall (Rooftop), London - West London's only surviving exhibition hall, and a beauty!

GES079 Fulham Rooftop - Explore your neighbourhood, and see it from a different perspective

GES080 The Shard - Trip 1 - A night time trip up London's tallest building, and stunning views

GES080 The Shard - Trip 2 - A Dawn trip up London's tallest skyscraper, and ascent of the crane on top.

GES096 The Criterion Building - Roof overlooking Piccadilly Circus. Amazing shots achieved here.

GES097 Hyde Park Barracks Tower - Sneaking onto a military base to get some awesome views of Hyde Park

GES100 TID Tower, Tirane, Albania - The roof of the tallest skyscraper in Albania

GES101 Skopje complexes by River - Lots of buildings under construction in the Macedonian capital, Skopje

GES107 Barbican Tower - Lauderdale - Another of the Barbican towers in the City of London

GES126 Barbican Tower - Cromwell - Another of the Barbican towers in the City of London

GES128 Wembley Crane - My first go at climbing a construction crane. Not crazy high, but still terrifying

GES131 Daily Mail Building - A lovely building filled with the lowest forms of humanity

GES133 St.Alphage House - A Tower block on the edge of the Barbican Estate in the City

GES136 Council Block Holland Park - A tall tower block in the upscale neighbourhood of Holland Park

GES147 Tower, Novi Sad - A random abandoned tower in the centre of Serbia's second city

GES148 Beobanka Building, Belgrade - A tower block under conversion in the centre of the Serbian Capital

GES152 Brettenham House - A nice little rooftop on the Thames overlooking London Bridge

GES156 Neo Bankside Apartments - A party to watch the New Years Eve Fireworks on the Thames from a rooftop

GES157 One57 Building, NYC - Ludicrously tall building with amazing view of the whole of Central Park in New York

GES170 Manchester Rooftops - A party and subsequent rooftop adventures with the Manchester Explorers

GES171 Walkie Talkie Building, London - One of the tallest buildings in the City of London, perfect for guitar practice

GES172 Barbican Tower - Shakespeare - The last of the Barbican Towers conquered

GES177 New York Fair Pavillion - A unique cluster of structures/buildings in New York City

GES205 Palais de Justice, Brussels - An essential stop in Belgium for any explorer

GES216 Naked Tower, Barcelona - A chilled evening with beers and views on an abandoned tower

GES222 Sea Containers House, NYE 2012 - Another New Years Eve party with friends watching the fireworks

GES229 Abandoned Apartment Rooftop, Kiev - An opportunity to get up high in the Ukranian Capital

GES236 West Quarter Tower, London - A rooftop climb on the A4/M4 heading out of London on the Art Deco mile.

GES239 Turnham Green Church - When you walk out of your office to see scaffold go up the church outside

GES240 The Barcode Buildings, Oslo - An overseas adventure looking out over Oslo

GES259 Rivercourt Methodist Church, London - A nice church climb not far from my first explore, St Paul's Church