WATCH LIVE: Man climbing Trump Tower using giant suction cups

[cali]

wonder what's in that backpack?

Updates: A Man Is Climbing The Exterior Of Trump Tower With Giant Suction Cups

http://gothamist.com/2016/08/10/trump_climber.php

[madamesilverspurs]

1. Media says

SQUIRREL!






.

[malaise]

5. CNN is showing it live

as well

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. Oh thanks ! thought I'd have to stay on Fox !

[malaise]

15. GEM$NBComcast as well

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. although they did just make a funny - said maybe he had Melania's immigration

papers. Then Shepard said, "maybe it's Trump's immigration plan". Yikes - they are actually pretty funny

[malaise]

18. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I'll bet it's a parachute. n/t

[cali]

4. I don't think it's big enough. But this sure looks dangerous as hell.

I'm guessing it's an anti-Trump banner.

[malaise]

3. Hope there'a a nice anti-Don the Con sign in the backpack

Delish!

[cali]

7. me too. I just hope he makes it through this alive and uninjured.

[malaise]

9. CNN says NYPD won't endanger him

I did laugh

[enid602]

61. stop and frisk

Sure hope he's white. 'Stop and Frisk can be a bitch on the 79th floor.

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Harold Lloyd as The Boy!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_Last!

Wait for him to reach the clockface!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. I've been watching. Holy Cow - amazing. Bet if he didn't look like a hippie

mountain climber he'd be shot by now. They just said he's been climbing for two hours !!!

[malaise]

11. One turban or Afro-American look

and he'd be splatter on the pavement

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. wonder if they evacuated anyone. Is dipshit there?

[mopinko]

41. he isnt there, and

they say that trump people have "certainly been evacuated"

[cali]

17. It's freaking me out. I'm really afraid he'll fall- though he does look like he knows what he's

doing.

[malaise]

20. I'm not expecting him to fall

I'm expecting an anti-Don the Con banner

[mopinko]

46. big air cushions on the street.

tho if they were to hit him w a tranq gun, he might not be able to hit it.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

12. Articuno is very rare

[senseandsensibility]

13. MSNBC just reported that he has a youtube video

and the police have seen it. Wonder how long until it leaks out.

[imanamerican63]

16. A Mexican flag?

He is crazy, but it is funny that is Trump's building! You wonder if Trump didn't have something to due with, to take the pressure off of his stupid comments from yesterday?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. This guy HAS to have something really good/funny to pull out or why do it ? Can't

wait to see

[MowCowWhoHow III]

22. Message to Mr. Trump (why I climbed your tower)

Published on 9 Aug 2016

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. WTH? He's FOR Trump? What a bummer !

[MowCowWhoHow III]

25. He seems a bit ... 'off'

[Laffy Kat]

24. Crap. He's nuts. nt

[cali]

26. well shit.

[jberryhill]

27. What information connects this video to the climber?

[MowCowWhoHow III]

32. I suppose it could be an amazing coincidence that somebody posted an unconnected video yesterday

Personally, I think that's Spider-Trump

[jberryhill]

49. On review it does look like the climber

I also didn't realize it was posted yesterday, so it does appear to be him.

[nolabear]

28. Oh dear. It's a long way down and he's crazy.

Wonder if he'll get that audience. Can Trump resist?

[lapucelle]

31. YIKES

I had heard speculation that he was an animal rights activist, but this is a creepy video.

How did you find the video?

[MowCowWhoHow III]

33. twitter

[MohRokTah]

34. I bet he was paid by Trump to keep his name in the news.

Seriously, this is some fucked up shit!

[duncang]

36. A independent researcher?

Don't know what to think of it. Either what he considers setting a trap. Or he has been spending too many hours on the internet in freeper land. The news did say they moved people back from the corner he is climbing. One thing I saw was to me he doesn't look like someone who has done very much climbing. He has been having problems with his suction cups not holding, placement not setting where it is a smooth climb, and the overworking seems to be getting him fatigued.

[FSogol]

40. Most climbers never use "suction cups."

Glass is quite different than rock or ice.

[tblue37]

51. Maybe summarize for us deafies, please? Thanks. nt

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

29. Trump will probably charge him rent.

[malaise]

37. A friend says one more Steve wants to join

the Economic Team

[lapucelle]

43. That's good.

[Photographer]

30. Meh. I've used the same cups in lifting heavy glass panes.

Not impressed.

[malaise]

35. Men with guns are above him now

This can get ugly quickly

[MowCowWhoHow III]

38. The police are now completely removing window panes!

[malaise]

44. they'll haave him in minutes

big hook and harness

real close

[FSogol]

39. My guess? An anti-Trump banner.

Back in the 1983 (or 1984?) some climbers for Greenpeace pulled a similar stunt on the Eiffel Tower.

[imanamerican63]

42. A "BIGLY" baby pacifier?

For the HUGE baby orange orangutan Trump!

[UTUSN]

45. Drumpf ain't worth this dude's dying

[Siwsan]

47. I wonder how many stories worth of a plummeting fall those inflated bags are effective for

Because it really doesn't look like this guy is going to give up and he's got quite a way to go, yet.

[Siwsan]

48. Whew! Glad they got him

I didn't think they would attempt that!!!

[lapucelle]

50. A propos of nothing other than daredevils in high places,

I was in lower Manhattan the day Philippe Petit did his tight rope walk between the Twin Towers. There was a blind man near me in the crowd, and he asked, "What's everybody looking at?"

Over twenty years later, my FDNY husband watched one of towers collapse like a stack of pancakes. He said it was so riveting to watch that he was rooted to the ground before he realized he should run.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/newyork-tightrope/

[BeyondGeography]

52. Philippe Petit...I'm jealous

The most courageous and beautiful stunt ever, IMHO.

[lapucelle]

53. I felt a pang in my heart for the blind man.

We take so much for granted.

[spiderpig]

60. One of my most poignant memories is assisting a blind man

through our mess of a BART system. We took the stairs up to Market Street, and he said "It's a beautiful day. I can feel the sun on my face." He was going to the Post Office to pick up a package and said "I hope I'm not making you late for work." I assured him he wasn't, although I did arrive 2 minutes late.

My supervisor said "You're not officially late until five minutes. And if he was blind, why was he going to the Post Office?"

What a contrast in character.

[lapucelle]

62. That's a really sweet story.

But you can't blame your boss for being suspicious. The "I helped a blind man find the Post Office" excuse is so overused. Be more creative next time.

[Cooley Hurd]

54. Philippe is a personal hero of mine!

I was hoping this gentleman would make it.

[Princess Turandot]

57. He signed his name on the roof, at the Observation Deck. It was still there in the summer of 2001 nt

[lapucelle]

59. I didn't know that.

What a cool story.

[Princess Turandot]

55. What a dope...

and nowhere as cute as Ming the Manhattan Tiger.





Good move with the window washing scaffolding.

[dubyadiprecession]

56. I'll bet trump will sue the city of new york for letting that happen.

[lapucelle]

58. Here's another climber: a shirtless anarchist with a hammer

who got himself stuck in a basketball hoop/net. It took 10 cops and the fire department.

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