One man wished to point out the Olympics crowd what he was fabricated from this previous weekend previous to the Olympics closing ceremony. Related Press studies that French police evacuated the realm after a person tried to free-solo climb the 1,083-foot tall tower simply hours earlier than the ceremony on Sunday.
The person was shirtless and had made his method above the Olympic rings adorning the monument earlier than police apprehended him. Kevin Winston took a video of the person when he was simply above the blue ring. He shared the video to X, saying: “Some man is climbing on the Olympic Rings on the Eiffel Tower. You possibly can see him on the blue ring.”
Watch a person (recognized beneath) climb the Eiffel Tower from totally different views right here:
Some man is climbing on the Olympic Rings on the Eiffel Tower. You possibly can see him on the blue ring.
Vacationers are being evacuated for security. Entry beneath the tower is closed.
He took ‘climb the Eiffel Tower’ too actually! #Olympics #Paris2024 @NBCOlympics @NBCNews @latimes pic.twitter.com/01BFmJqTOV
— kevinwinston (@kevinwinston) August 11, 2024
Listed below are extra images and movies from an individual who was on the tower’s viewing platform:
Visiting the Eiffeltower simply obtained just a little extra thrilling 😮🧗🏽♂️#roofer #freesolo #eiffeltower #toureiffel #paris2024 #urbanclimber pic.twitter.com/MdbkacWTbR
— mchristian (@mchristian__) August 11, 2024
X consumer @mchristian__ additionally additionally shared this video, during which the person says, “Bloody heat, innit?”:
#eiffeltower #roofer #secoursenmontagne #freesolo pic.twitter.com/gV3uIQAUTf
— mchristian (@mchristian__) August 11, 2024
Turns Out, It Was a British Stunt Man
The person climbing the Eiffel Tower was Louis Davis, a British skilled climber and stunt coordinator. DailyMail studies that Davis now faces a cost of “endangering the lives of others,” which might value him £12,800 and a few jail time.
Right here’s extra video from The Related Press:
Have you ever ever seen an city climber doing one thing like this?
