Conquering the 650-meter Shanghai Tower

Vitaly Raskalov - Rufer and photographer who is a real headache for all the guards of skyscrapers in the world. Today's story about how Vitali and his friend climbed to the highest construction in the world!




A few months ago we had planned to travel on major cities in China, Hong Kong from Shanghai ending. The main purpose of our trip was the tallest building in the world, the Shanghai Tower, which is now under construction at the moment of its height with jib crane reaches a little over 650 meters, making the tower a second structure tallest in the world after the Burj Khalifa UAE.
Knowing very tough laws in China, we have carefully prepared and selected a suitable date, the Chinese New Year. At the time, which was less vigilant protection, workers were missing and taps were not working. Sneaks on tap, we at midnight, almost 2 hours raised to 120 floors on foot and slept almost 18 hours at a construction site in anticipation of the good weather.

Above the town starts to gather low clouds.



JinMao Tower and Shanghai Financial Centre, the people simply "Opener».



. By dawn, the clouds were even thicker, and the city is fully tightened.



For comparison, the left tower has a height of 421 meters, and the right 490.



One of the main objectives polazki the tower was shooting the video, as the city was a low cloud cover, it was decided to sit on the upper floors of its building and wait.



An hour before dawn, the clouds parted and we climbed up.





650 meters.











Source: raskalov-vit.livejournal.com