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Found behind a cathedral in Barcelona, Spain.

The men at the bottom are like flying buttresses, holding up a growing tower of people, culminating with two young girls in a crash helmets preparing to stand at the top.

Here’s a video of the build, just one of the many colorful celebrations of Catalan culture spilling into the streets and squares.

(I am looking forward to pouring through the photo backlog and sharing some of the trip highlights)

25 responses to “Catalan Climbers”

  1. msamaclean © Avatar
    msamaclean ©

    This looks suspiciously like a rocket! LOL Great photo, large size really shows a miriad of facial expressions. Have fun!

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  2. learned move Avatar
    learned move

    msmaclean is right!
    Actually, when I looked at the icon, it did look like a rocket, so I was absolutely sure it’s a pic of yet another baby of yours.

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  3. zenera Avatar
    zenera

    they must have known you’d be there;))

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  4. nels1 Avatar
    nels1

    great video! reminds me a little of this ad.

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  5. nikhilji Avatar
    nikhilji

    Interesting…similar sort of human pyramid to celebrate Lord Krishna’s birthday widely followed in the city of Bombay :

    No crash helmets here tho’ !

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  6. PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE Avatar
    PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE

    hEYYYY Steve is in Barcelona Viva La cohete humana . Beautiful city : ) with warm and nice people : )

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  7. _sarchi Avatar
    _sarchi

    they try not to let things get on top of them I guess

    —
    Seen on your photo stream. (?)

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  8. Leino88 Avatar
    Leino88

    always taking snaps of things shaped like rockets, eh?
    😛

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  9. harshjshah Avatar
    harshjshah

    great pic!

    here’s one i got from a castle building contest I caught in barcelona:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/50939738@N00/247469648/

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  10. dangerous voice Avatar
    dangerous voice

    Youre lucky to have witnessed this. I had no such spectacles when I was there. Doh. :/

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  11. PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE Avatar
    PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE

    A new kind of human ‘s pyramide from last week end. I thought right away about you picture steve, so i took this one, to bring it back here : )

    And here is another one with the view of the eiffel tower behind them

    Hope everyone will like it 😛 i took it for this post !

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  12. A Outra Voz Avatar
    A Outra Voz

    wow, this is amazing!

    Seen in: :

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  13. Dave Canon Avatar
    Dave Canon

    I vote for this photo in the Lonely Planet Publications group’s long-haul Festivals challenge

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  14. cuddly scale Avatar
    cuddly scale

    I vote for this photo in the Lonely Planet Publications group’s long-haul Festivals challenge

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  15. Martino's doodles Avatar
    Martino’s doodles

    Pretty scary

    I vote for this photo in the Lonely Planet Publications group’s long-haul Festivals challenge

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  16. ceaseless sound Avatar
    ceaseless sound

    I vote for this photo in the Lonely Planet Publications group’s long-haul Festivals challenge

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  17. Donna Corless Avatar
    Donna Corless

    I vote for this photo in the Lonely Planet Publications group’s long-haul Festivals challenge

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  18. chikabelley Avatar
    chikabelley

    I vote for this photo in the Lonely Planet Publications group’s long-haul Festivals challenge

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  19. languagelab.cofc Avatar
    languagelab.cofc

    Great photo. We used your photo as the basis of one of World Cultures Day posters at the College of Charleston. Hope you like it!

    Thanks for the Creative Commons sharing of your great pics!

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  20. Skills2Lead Avatar
    Skills2Lead

    I thought I’d let you know that I added this photo to my team building techniques page on my website.

    Thanks for the great photo!
    José Luis Romero

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  21. lucymac Avatar
    lucymac

    Thank you for sharing this photo. I’ve used it, with credit and a link, to illustrate a positive quote at Positive Attitude Quotes.

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  22. MrFantastic Avatar
    MrFantastic

    I’d very much like to use this photo as an example of teamwork on my website. I will include attribution and a link back to your photostream. Thanks!

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  23. TheEpicEngine Avatar
    TheEpicEngine

    Great shot and thanks for offering it as creative commons. It has been featured on the adventure lifestyle blog TheEpicEngine.com
    http://www.theepicengine.com/2012/06/01/the-daily-epic-9/

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  24. KaR]V[aN Avatar
    KaR]V[aN

    Shout me next time you come to spain so we can take some beers 🙂

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  25. Global Corporate Challenge Avatar
    Global Corporate Challenge

    Hi Steve, thanks for sharing such a wonderful photo. We have used this photo in one of our creatives and we have had your name and the CC license credited on it! Thanks again!

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