Rooftops

2Biased · 06 Feb 2016, 4:44 pm

Hey Guys,

I'm really keen for some rooftopping, could anyone take me?

I've been looking around Brissy for a while, and I can honestly say I've only found one spot that's decent. Anyone got any tips?

Cheers!

rtopexplorer69 · 05 Mar 2016, 3:01 am

Hey man, if you find any places pls let me know. Been looking for ages too with no luck so far. Would love your help. Thanks!

Echo · 05 Mar 2016, 12:21 pm

rtopexplorer69 wrote:Hey man, if you find any places pls let me know. Been looking for ages too with no luck so far. Would love your help. Thanks!

It's all about confidence, technique and sheer dumb luck. The first rooftop I ever did (Melbourne) was a 16 story residential structure in the heart of the CBD. We just waited for a resident to activate the sliding doors with a key card and followed them in, made our way to the fire stairs and took them to the top floor. Encountering a maintenance cupboard which was conveniently left ajar we saw a ladder which took us through a trapdoor and low and behold the roof! Now that was sheer dumb luck because we went back the next week and the cupboard was shut and securely locked, 5 minutes later we were on the roof anyway. Technique or sheer dumb luck can get you up there but it's all about having the confidence to just walk into random buildings and try in the first place.

Vicinity · 05 Mar 2016, 4:01 pm

Echo wrote:The first only rooftop I ever did

Nah legit tho echo is right you need to actually try s*** to find anything, nobody is going to spoonfeed you because let's be honest, why would they? They don't like you, they don't respect you, they aren't getting paid by you etc etc like there's no reason to take their time out. You'd be better off posting in the random meetup thread and going from there. I don't mean to be rude, but nobody is going to give you spots.

Echo · 06 Mar 2016, 12:07 am

Vicinity wrote:
Echo wrote:The first only rooftop I ever did

Shhhhh, I'm an amateur. Still learning how the rooftopping scene works, everyone starts somewhere ayyy. Need to better educate myself on opening locked doors. At least I know more now than I did a month ago on that subject, it's all a work in progress.

mr india · 22 Mar 2016, 12:52 pm

..educate yourself on not getting caught with unlocking equipment - best rule of thumb is stick to places you can simply walk into, not ones that need "technique" or "equipment"

Vicinity · 22 Mar 2016, 12:59 pm

mr india wrote:..educate yourself on not getting caught with unlocking equipment - best rule of thumb is stick to places you can simply walk into, not ones that need "technique" or "equipment"

There is only 1 roof above 20 stories in Melbourne that you can walk into so your advice really has no application

mr india · 22 Mar 2016, 1:10 pm

Hi Vicinity,

yeah - there's a good reason for that now, same as with Sydney and Brisbane - muppets rooting the scene. Harbour bridge used to be an easy walk in - same with storey bridge and the TWL spans.

..hence the advice to stick to walk-ins until you're experienced with what you're doing