Man arrested after climbing 72 floors up outside of world’s fifth tallest building

The man, in his twenties, was pressured to desert his free climb of the 123-floor Lotte World Tower within the South Korean capital Seoul on Monday, the Songpa Fire Station mentioned in a press launch.

He had reportedly scaled the skin of the skyscraper to the 72nd flooring with none tools earlier than fireplace officers intervened.

The Songpa Fire Station mentioned its power arrived on web site at 7.56am (8.56am AEST) and “rescued” the person by placing him right into a upkeep cradle and pulling him into the constructing.

The man was recognized as George King-Thompson, a widely known city climber, Lotte Property & Development, the dad or mum firm of Lotte World Tower, advised CNN over the telephone.

He was noticed by a safety officer who was engaged on the forty second flooring and referred to as the police, Lotte mentioned.

Police are investigating how he approached and climbed the tower, and the corporate mentioned it should evaluate whether or not to make structural or system modifications in order that unauthorised climbing from the bottom shouldn’t be doable, Lotte added.

King-Thompson was beforehand prosecuted and jailed for climbing the London skyscraper The Shard in 2019, in line with UK court docket paperwork.

He additionally BASE-jumped off Europe’s tallest curler coaster in Spain in 2022, leading to a suspended sentence, in line with British media.

A verified Instagram account showing to belong to King-Thompson options photos and movies of these two stunts in addition to a number of different hair-raising adventures.

A Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson advised CNN it was “aware of the arrest of a British national in South Korea on 12 June”.

“We are in touch with local authorities and stand ready to provide consular assistance,” it mentioned.

At 555 metres tall, the Lotte World Tower is the tallest tower in South Korea and fifth highest on the earth, towering above the metropolis of 9.7 million folks.

In 2018, police arrested “French Spiderman” Alain Robert as he was greater than midway up the skyscraper, in line with Reuters.