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/

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by srvy

My guess is that last 45' was a communications tower enclosed to look same as main building structure. Architects like a clean line anymore instead of antenna and Hvac showing at top of a modern structure. He probably fell to the actual building roof below. Article doesnt mention where he started his climb just the last floor was the 44 before you has to have keyed entry.

Looks like your "dead" on about a facade to cover mechanicals. that it the back side of the facade on this building.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

By my estimation, five is still doable if she has good balance.

If they were Asian guys and she was a Williams sister.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Big question.

What kind of man can't do 3 ****ing pullups!?!?!?

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

Clay

Now we know why his "Clean" Asian date stood him up in NYC. DED

But he was right that bitch cleaning right up to lights out.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by Cornstock

The shit we read about on Chiefsplanet...

The shit we believe or they think we do...

[Cornstock]

Originally Posted by cooper barrett

The shit we believe or they think we do...

That's pretty meta if you read into it

[Gravedigger]

Did he work for Apple?

[Molitoth]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Bystanders reported his fall down the side of the building sounded like somebody emptying a silverware drawer.

JFC

[gblowfish]

He turned himself into a pavement asterisk.

[redfan]

Read that as Cheese daredevil at first, was intrigued.

[Discuss Thrower]

He Tu Hai

[Eleazar]

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 floooooooooorrrrrrrrrrsssssssssssss........"

FYP

[cooper barrett]

That building was not that tall it was in the 50+ floors but they counted the basement levels as floors. I really could see the side of the building having a maintenance door but I i'd like to watch them wash the windows...

[vailpass]

I watched the video.
Meh.
An hour later I wanted to watch it again.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by vailpass

I watched the video.
Meh.
An hour later I wanted to watch it again.

If you search hard he has lots of them out there but only one....

[Spott]

Originally Posted by TLO

And then assholes like us on a Chiefs message board make jokes about it.

Society has really fallen off here lately.

We used to have higher standards, but now they are at rock bottom.