Two different videos were released in the past months showing individuals climbing Vancouver’s Trump Tower, which led to an investigation by the Vancouver Police Department. The incidents last night were of a similar tone. “First instance thy were This week, a New Jersey teen made headlines when he sneaked past security and climbed to the top of 1 World Trade Center, the tallest building in America. But 16-year-old Justin Casquejo isn’t the first intrepid urban explorer to challenge a skyscraper A series of viral videos of climbers illegally scaling skyscrapers and tall structures has led to calls for tighter security in cities like New York and London. Videos of climbers risking their lives by illegally trespassing are being viewed by millions HAVANA -- The daredevil climber nicknamed "Spider-Man" is famous for scaling some of the world's tallest skyscrapers without a safety line. Now Alain Robert has his sights set on a slightly less imposing edifice that nonetheless offers its own challenges "They're lucky there's people willing to climb these, you know, 500 to 600 foot towers," said Ali Abdul-Sater, a technician and tower climber. "You know, they say it takes a certain kind of person to do this job. Most people can't do it." Abdul-Sater has We think of the smartphone revolution as primarily powered by geeks in Silicon Valley and Chinese parts assemblers, but all these ecosystems are built on a physical made-in-America backbone of utility towers that keep the whole thing running. Pro Publica's .
stronger -- two Russian thrillseekers traveled to China to put at least one of those to the ultimate test by scaling the as yet unfinished Shanghai Tower in the city's financial district. The climbers were the same men who made headlines last year when A French skyscraper climber nicknamed Spiderman hopes to reach new heights next week by scaling the world's tallest tower in Dubai. The Emirates' Higher Colleges of Technology said Thursday that climber Alain Robert has been given approval to climb the No one planned for industries like tower climbing. Tower climbers, the roughly 10,000 workers who build and maintain the nation’s TV, radio and cell towers, aren’t hired directly by the corporations that rely on their labor. They’re subcontractors Q: How do real-life Spider-Men give the fictional hero a "run" for his money? A: These death-defying adventurers climb some of the world's tallest skyscrapers or other man-made structures, says Laura Hudson in Wired magazine. When 49-year-old Frenchman .
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