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Climber on trump tower1/26/2024 ![]() And that is why free soloing is the only way to climb. Shortly after, I started to climb some cliffs and mountains.Īll along I have been fascinated by the idea of doing something courageous and potentially dangerous. But for myself, I started at the age of 11 by climbing my parents’ seven-story building, as I hadn’t my keys to get in. We don’t know much about Steve and why he climbs. I’m a five-time Guinness Book of World Records holder for climbing the highest buildings in the world and for the greatest number of buildings ever climbed using only my bare hands. My only concern was this level at the atrium where I knew that I could get caught by the cops.īut I have also had my share of climbing successes I have climbed some really tough buildings in my life, including the Calico in New York (also illegally), the Sears Tower in Chicago, the Blue Cross-Blue Shield building in Philadelphia, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which is the tallest structure in the world. I even climbed it at night, nearly 10 meters up and down only using my bare hands, and was not spotted. I had been planning to climb the World Trade Center, which I had scouted for a week in January 2000.īut after the 9/11 tragedy, since I was in New York with nothing to do, I checked out other potential buildings to climb, including the Trump Tower on 5th Avenue. I tried it a week after 9/11, when I was in New York. So it is a place hostile to such a climbing challenge.Īnd since the police broke a window to reach Steve and pull him inside the building on the 21st floor, I’m afraid that he may also get a big fine.Īctually I wanted myself to climb that particular building some years ago. Also, it’s New York, where lawmakers have proposed an anti-Spidey law punishable for up to a year in jail. We are talking about climbing a building with some safety gear but without much purpose - at least based on what Steve has told police. If Steve was using only his bare hands the cops would have never dared to arrest him mid-climb and endanger his life. It is so much faster bare handed – by the time the cops arrive the ascent is nearly finished. Normally with bare hands a climb like the Trump Tower takes 30 minutes, and with suction cups one hour maximum. For example, climbing the Times building 52 stories to the rooftop was an easy one for an experienced climber like me to do bare handed - but it had to be, as I was carrying a banner to fix to the top that read, “Global warming is killing more people every week than 9/11.” I was arrested when I reached the top and charged with disorderly conduct.
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