The base is one of the most important parts of a human tower. It is the responsible to hold the structure together, make it more lightweight, increase its stability and, in case of failure, mitigate and minimize the consequences.
In the base we can find 2 main parts: the core and the rest.
In the core we can find the bottoms (the guys touching the ground and on top of which sits the whole structure), the crutches (people that will hold the arms of the bottom), the needles (in front of the bottoms they will hold the knees of the seconds) and the counterforts (behind the bottom they will ensure that they don´t move and that the base does not open by the center because of the weight).
As the rest of the base, we have the first hands (that will hold the butt of the seconds to avoid them to fall backwards), the laterals (that will hold the knee and the lateral of the leg of the second) and the winds (that will position its hands on the leg of two different seconds to avoid them to move sideways)
Our friends of Castellers of London have shared with us an amazing document that will allow everybody to learn more about it and see all the details of it. Take a look at it in the link below!
The base of the tower by Castellers Of London
And of course, if you are a “learn by doing” kind of person, we’ll be delighted to teach you in person while building this amazing towers with us. So don´t think twice and JOIN US! We rehearse every Thursday at 6pm in Hyde Park.
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