If you're afraid of heights, come on in!!

[WiseUp216]

I just watched it on my big screen. It gets so intense after the 4 minute mark.

Anyone notice when he almost loses his grip at the 4:20 mark?

 

[raasco]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkFh-6hJYE

That is all.

 

[QueBert]

I couldn't make it to the end, I got to where they were starting to climb that red thing where the ladder ended and my dick started to hurt.

 

[raasco]

I just watched it on my big screen. It gets so intense after the 4 minute mark.

Anyone notice when he almost loses his grip at the 4:20 mark?

He didn't lose his grip, the grating wasn't secured down. Nothing like trusting your life on cheap China labor.

 

[sash1]

when they're standing at the top: fuck no. just no. my hands are still sweating for that.

 

[waggy]

Scary. But no skill required. As opposed to...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phl82D57P58

...this guy, whose accomplishments are tremendous both from a technical and physical perspective.

lol no skill required?

 

[bradly1101]

Back in the '80's I made it to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite using the tourist cables up the side. Once I got to the top I could only make it to about 20' from the edge. I had to get totally flat on the ground to peek over the edge, and I still felt like I was going to fall.

People who can do this amaze me,

 

[pontifex]

i was ok until they got to the very top and were looking out over and shit. then I started to feel weird and scared. its funny how me watching a video, in no danger of falling at all, got scared.

 

[pontifex]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkFh-6hJYE

That is all.

that one was worse...crazy fuckers

 

[Red Squirrel]

Crazy! That would be awesome, but I totally would not do that untethered, and even tethered I'd be worried whatever I'm tethered to is actually solid. Some of those platforms were actually moving. I'd also be worried about being caught. Takes serious balls to do this.

It's on my bucket list to one day climb a cell tower or something extreme like this, but with some kind of permission. I'd have to try to convince work to let me go next time a bulb has to be changed. I doubt it would happen though lol. Insurance and stuff.

 

[DigDog]

/headdesk

at work, cannot watch videos.

 

[Printer Bandit]

 

[Printer Bandit]

From the blog of Raskalov, one of the climbers:

Few months ago me and dedmaxopka planned to travel to Chinese largest cities, starting from Hong Kong and ending in Shanghai. Our maing goal was the tallest construction in the world - Shangha Tower, which is still under construction, it's height is little over 650 metres at the moment, which makes it second tallest building after Burj Khalifa in Emirates.

Knowing about strict Chinese laws, we prepared quite thoroughly for this and chose the most approriate date - Chinese New Year. During this holiday security was less vigilant, there were no workers on the site and construction cranes didn't work. We sneaked into the site during the midnight, then climbed 120 flours for two hours and had to sleep almost 18 hours on the site waiting for a good weather.

 

[JManInPhoenix]

WOW!

 

[BUTCH1]

It looks like they have a base-jumping type of parachute on their backs, not a bad idea IMO..

 

[Tango]

lol no skill required?

Well, no. Any intermediate rock climber could ascend that kind of structure literally blindfolded.

 

[darkxshade]

meh, amateurs, I would've slid down the cable and sat on the yellow pendulum thingy. I'm disappointed.

 

[smackababy]

I couldn't watch the videos because of their awful fisheye lens usage... Wtf is wrong with you to use that shit? Is this a P.Diddy music video?

 

[Red Squirrel]

meh, amateurs, I would've slid down the cable and sat on the yellow pendulum thingy. I'm disappointed.

That would be kind of fun but would suck trying to get back up.

Though, if you have a parachute...

 

[AViking]

It's kinda amazing how a video can make your hands sweat.

 

[clamum]

That is intense. Looks fun though. :awe:

 

[SparkyJJO]

Sometimes getting down is harder than going up...

 

[EliteRetard]

Had it on full screen and was like halfway through when my chair suddenly tilted back. I wasn't expecting that and the sudden movement while watching the video made me freak out and I ended up tipping all the way over. I knocked over a bunch of stuff and broke a few things (including the chair) got a few scrapes and bruises. I may have wet myself a little.

Right up there in the top 5 dumbest things I've ever done.

 

[pontifex]

I couldn't watch the videos because of their awful fisheye lens usage... Wtf is wrong with you to use that shit? Is this a P.Diddy music video?

They're using go pros, they're all like that.

 

[prism]

They're using go pros, they're all like that.

GoPros are seriously all like that?? That's ridiculously stupid.