Getting high: Hong Kong skyscrapers a magnet for daredevil rooftop photographers
More and more daredevils are risking their lives on some of Hong Kong’s tallest buildings to shoot incredible photos and videos of the city.
More and more daredevils are risking their lives on some of Hong Kong’s tallest buildings to shoot incredible photos and videos of the city.
“We chose Hong Kong because of the city’s many skyscrapers,” Alexander Remnev, a member of the “Crazy Russians” rooftopping team, told the South China Morning Post.
Remnev and his fellow daredevils climbed the city’s fifth tallest building, the 346-metre high (1,335 feet), 73-storey The Centre, owned by Li Ka-shing’s Cheung Kong Holdings. The company did not respond to a request for comment shortly before press time.
Though he admitted that risks “arise when we’re on the top,” Remnev insisted that they were minimal.
“We have everything under control and the likelihood of [an accident] is very small,” he said.
Raskalov and Makhorov, accompanied by some masked locals, posted a video last month of them climbing to the top of a building in Causeway Bay and apparently manipulating an electronic billboard to read “What’s up Hong Kong?”
This was the second time the pair have visited the city, which they said they preferred to Shanghai.
Such is the popularity of rooftopping on the web that the field is becoming increasingly commercialised. The Crazy Russians sell sponsorship of their videos to fund their trips.
Asked by the Post if they would be making a visit to the mainland, they said they’d consider – if someone was willing to pay for it.