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Climber poses as worker to go atop Dubai’s tallest crane

July 4, 2022  By The Guardian


A British free climber has dangled 390 metres above Dubai without safety equipment after posing as a worker to gain access to the city’s tallest crane.

Adam Lockwood, 21, gained entry to a skyscraper, evading construction workers to reach the top, where he scaled the crane to cling from a metal bar with just one hand.

A video depicts his illegal journey to the top of the building at night, followed by shots of his body suspended above a glittering cityscape below, as he flips and moves around the crane’s structure.

In his seven-minute YouTube video, mostly filmed using a GoPro, he shows his palms and splashes his hat with water to cool down in what he says was 45C heat.

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He later said he only realized the crane had been covered in invisible grease after climbing it. “At first I thought it was dust from the desert but checking my hands it was grease, feet and hands slipping on everything I touched.”

After being initially shouted at by a site worker, he pretended to be a construction worker who had forgotten something. He changed stairwells eight times over two hours to evade other workers.

(The Guardian)


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