To build a human towers, some people need to climb other people to get on top of them. That is no secret.
Climbing people might be challenging at the beginning, and of course there are different techniques for such thing. It depend on two factors basically: the kind of human tower we are building (you will find more information about what types of human towers we can build in a previous post that can be found here: Types of human towers) and the position you occupy on them.
Even though climbing people seems to be quite easy, it is actually quite demanding and requires some technique (we have a bunch of newbies that can certify that!), but after a proper explanation and some practice it becomes easier and much funnier.
Our friends of Castellers de Barcelona, who are the oldest team in Barcelona and one of the biggest and most important in Spain have translated a video for us showing how to climb each different human tower. You will find the video here:
With that you get an idea of the theoretical part, but we can tell that the practical part is MUCH better, so we highly encourage you to give it a try! You will learn how to climb, you will have a lot of fun and you’ll meet amazing people! You can find us every Thursday at 6pm in Hyde Park practising, but you can also sends us an e-mail to sydneyhumantowers@gmail.com, follow us on Facebook and join us in our Meetup group!
See you soon!