Chinese daredevil falls to his death.

[lewdog]

A daredevil plummeted to his death during a risky stunt near the top of a 62-story building in China, according to new reports.

Wu Yongning, 26, who called himself “China’s First Rooftopper,” plunged from the Huayuan International Centre in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province in central China, on Nov. 8, AsiaWire reported.

A month later, Yongning’s girlfriend and family members confirmed his death.

A viral video clip, which racked up more than 15 million views on Chinese social media, shows Yongning — who had already reached the roof of the skyscraper — lowering himself over the edge of the building to do a pull-up stunt. But when he tried to hoist himself back up, he struggled for a few moments before losing his grip and plummeting down the side of the building.

The camera phone that he had set up to record the stunt quickly lost sight of him.

Authorities describe the fatal fall as an accident and have ruled out foul play, according to the report. Police believe he plunged about 45 feet onto a terrace and died of his injuries either during or right after the plunge.

His girlfriend, identified only as “Jinjin,” told the outlet that she believes Yongning took an elevator “over 40 floors” and began his climb “nearly 20 more floors” until he reached the spot where he filmed.

The building is only open to the public until the 44th floor — beyond that, key cards are needed to access the Grand Hyatt Hotel, according to the report.

Yongning would have received 100,000 yuan — about $15,000 — for the stunt, his family told the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald. It is unclear who was offering that prize.

“He planned to propose to his girlfriend [the day after the challenge],” Yongning’s stepuncle Feng Shengliang told the South China Morning Post. “He needed the money for the wedding, and for medical treatment for his ailing mother.”

One friend commended Yongning’s selflessness in a post on the Chinese social media site Weibo.

“You are one of those people in this world, you will do anything for your loved ones, absolutely anything,” the user wrote, according to the BBC.

But others criticized him for the reckless act.

“Why would you seek attention in such a dangerous way, just for your fans?” another person posted.

Yongning was known for scaling skyscrapers without any safety equipment — just his own “martial arts training and careful planning,” one of his Weibo posts said, according to the outlet. He shared nearly 300 videos of his death-defying acts.

https://nypost.com/2017/12/11/darede...tory-building/

[scho63]

Yu Go Bang

[Rasputin]

That is very wong

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

JFC

Ya, I remember hearing that sound many times watching live 9/11 coverage.

It was hilarious!

[Bewbies]

He either didn't fall that far, or you hear something else. The splat noise was way too fast to be 50+ stories.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by Bewbies

He either didn't fall that far, or you hear something else. The splat noise was way too fast to be 50+ stories.

maybe 50 feet He went thud pretty quick

[Beef Supreme]

Suddenly Wang knew something was wong.

[cooper barrett]

I think about standing on 1 leg, reaching for the spot at the top of the chimney, on top of a fully extended 40' wooden ladder, painting my house. I was invincible then, not now

[DanT]

There are some amazing videos of such stunts. I enjoy it when daredevils pull these off. I imagine it must be a big adrenaline rush. The decedent in this video looks to have gotten exhausted on the third pull-up, no doubt due to the awkward position imposed by the wall. Incredible that he would attempt it. I hope future daredevils come up with ways to lower the risks, but I realize that kind of defeats the point of doing such crazy risky stunts. Our species is amazing. I think these videos speak to something deep in us, taking crazy gambles.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by DanT

There are some amazing videos of such stunts. I enjoy it when daredevils pull these off. I imagine it must be a big adrenaline rush. The decedent in this video looks to have gotten exhausted on the third pull-up, no doubt due to the awkward position imposed by the wall. Incredible that he would attempt it. I hope future daredevils come up with ways to lower the risks, but I realize that kind of defeats the point of doing such crazy risky stunts. Our species is amazing. I think these videos speak to something deep in us, taking crazy gambles.

You ever pull yourself up from a ledge, a smooth metal ledge? Didn't you see him cleaning it? I think left dirty, he may have had a better grip.. Tired? Not in my book.

[mdchiefsfan]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

All he needed to do was tuck and roll. Or land on a dumpster. I see falls like this on TV all the time.

Or pull out a parachute just before impact

[Kman34]

Ho Lee Fook.... Ding Bang Ow...

[Cornstock]

Originally Posted by cooper barrett

You ever pull yourself up from a ledge, a smooth metal ledge? Didn't you see him cleaning it? I think left dirty, he may have had a better grip.. Tired? Not in my book.

You could tell he was worrying about it. Hard to say, but yeah, leaving it dirty, while being a less consistent surface to work with, may have provided more tack.

The obvious difference between working with metal vs rock, the rock along with the chalk you're using can absorb some of your sweat.

With metal you don't use chalk, and rely solely on tack. But that's a fine to walk, if you get nervous and perspire, that tack turns to slick real quick.

[cooper barrett]

Too clean for his own good, I hear coochie's are that way, clean them to much and they don't work right

ho muk spat

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Falling and screaming?

This made me lol a little too hard

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by Kman34

Ho Lee Fook.... Ding Bang Ow...

Sum Ting Wong