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Night climbing is a term used, principally at the Oxford and Cambridge universities in England, to describe the sport of climbing up the walls of colleges and public buildings, and exploring the rooftops. This activity is frowned on by college authorities, so it is mainly done under cover of darkness, to avoid detection. The sport is a subset of buildering, or urban climbing, and is distinguished by the fact that it is usually carried out nocturnally by university students. The original term for this activity was "roof climbing". The alternative term "night climbing" was introduced in the late 1930s, and has become the standard term. == History == In 1895, Geoffrey Winthrop Young, the great alpinist, started to climb the roofs of Cambridge University, England. Students had been scrambling up the university buildings for years,〔Geoffrey Winthrop Young: Poet, educator, mountaineer (1995), by Alan Hankinson, published by Hodder & Stoughton, London〕 but Young was the first to document this activity. He wrote and published a night climbing guide to Trinity College.〔The Roof Climber's Guide to Trinity (1900), written by Geoffrey Winthrop Young, published anonymously, W P Spalding, Cambridge, England〕 In 1905, while a master at Eton College, Young produced his second book, a small volume on buildering, entitled "Wall and Roof Climbing".〔Wall and Roof Climbing (1905), written by Geoffrey Winthrop Young, published anonymously, Spottiswoode & Co., Eton College, England〕 This was a very erudite work, containing a rich variety of quotations from writers of many different periods and cultures. In 1921, inspired by Young's guide to Trinity, a group of undergraduates, including Hartley, Grag and Darlington, published a night climbing guide to St John's College.〔The Roof Climber's Guide to St Johns (1921), written by a group of undergraduates including Hartley, Grag and Darlington, published anonymously, Metcalfe & Co., Cambridge, England.〕 In 1930, John Hurst wrote the second edition of the guide to Trinity.〔The Roof Climber's Guide to Trinity, 2nd edition (1930), written by John Hurst, published anonymously, W P Spalding, Cambridge, England〕 In 1937, a more comprehensive, though still light-hearted, account of Cambridge undergraduate night climbing appeared in popular print,〔The Night Climbers of Cambridge (1937), written by Noël Howard Symington under the pseudonym "Whipplesnaith" , Chatto & Windus Ltd, London〕 written by Noël Howard Symington, under the pseudonym "Whipplesnaith". Night climbing remained popular in Cambridge after World War II. In 1960, Richard Williams wrote the third edition of the Trinity guide.〔The Night Climber's Guide to Trinity, 3rd edition (1960), written by Richard Williams, published anonymously, Weatherhead Ltd, Cambridge, England〕 In 1970, a book entitled "Night Climbing in Cambridge" 〔Cambridge night climbing (1970), written under the pseudonym "Hederatus", Chatto & Windus Ltd, London〕 was published under the pseudonym "Hederatus". Night climbing also featured prominently in a book by F A Reeve, entitled "Varsity Rags and Hoaxes",〔Varsity Rags and Hoaxes (1977), written by F A Reeve〕 published in 1977, and in the detective novel “The Bad Quarto” by Jill Paton Walsh,〔The Bad Quarto (2007), a detective novel written by Jill Paton Walsh, published by Hodder and Stoughton, London〕 published in 2007. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Night climbing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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