British Free Climber Arrested for Scaling the Lotte World Tower

If this idiot would have fell not only could he have killed someone down below, but he could have caused a traumatic experience for anyone witnessing it:

A British free climber was taken into custody Monday after reaching the 72nd floor of Korea’s tallest skyscraper in Seoul by climbing up the outside with his bare hands, police said. 

The 24-year-old, identified as George King-Thompson, began his ascent up the 123-story Lotte World Tower in southern Seoul at around 5 a.m. before a security guard found him around 7:50 a.m. and called the police, saying a foreigner, only in his underwear, was climbing up the outer wall of the building.

Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene at 8:03 a.m. and installed a safety air mat to prepare for a possible fall, but he kept on climbing and reached the 72nd story of the 555-meter-high building, the world’s fifth tallest, at 8:47 a.m.

He was then allowed to ride a gondola-like lift, known as a building management utility, and escorted inside the tower through the opening of a smoke ventilation system, and was detained by the police waiting for him inside. 

He was not injured but showed signs of exhaustion, which he recovered from, the police said.

Korea Times

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