VIDEO: Fearless or stupid? Couple take dizzying selfie on top of Pattaya crane

[snoop1130]

VIDEO: Fearless or stupid? Couple take dizzying selfie on top of Pattaya crane

 

 

A daredevil couple in Pattaya have shown the extreme lengths people will go to take a selfie.

 

On Tuesday footage of a couple, believed to be Russian, was shared on social media scaling the 'highest crane in Pattaya'.

 

Armed with nothing more than a selfie stick and a backpack, the couple can be seen clinging on to the top of the derelict crane as they partake in their death-defying photoshoot.

 

In the background is a stunning panoramic view of Pattaya.

 

The footage is every bit as as surreal as it is impressive.

 

Had the couple slipped they wouldn't have had a chance of surviving.

 

It isn't exactly clear when the footage was taken.

 

It is also not known if police are aware of the footage.

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-3-6

[Lamkyong]

wow   good on them

[johng]

looks like "Waterfront"

[overherebc]

Can we go for 'The courage of ignorance or stupidity'?

[TaaSaparot]

Both videos clearly state Feb. 2017.

[lovelomsak]

Made my balls twitch just watching it. Twitch as in scary like crazy.

[LennyW]

Dumb as they come on so many counts!!

[Jeremy50]

It's a popular pastime among young thrill seekers.Youtube is chocker with it.  Why not? Life's supposed to be lived, not eked away in fearful mediocrity, on a slow-speed merry-go-round of mundaneness. 

[Denim]

5 minutes ago, Jeremy50 said:

It's a popular pastime among young thrill seekers.Youtube is chocker with it.  Why not? Life's supposed to be lived, not eked away in fearful mediocrity, on a slow-speed merry-go-round of mundaneness. 

Depends on how much you value your life.

 

Can't do any ' living ' when you're dead.

[champers]

21 minutes ago, Jeremy50 said:

It's a popular pastime among young thrill seekers.Youtube is chocker with it.  Why not? Life's supposed to be lived, not eked away in fearful mediocrity, on a slow-speed merry-go-round of mundaneness. 

Agreed, but you won't catch me doing this any time soon. I saw a news item on TV a while back about this going on a lot in Russia. Life appears to be rather dull there.

Always puts me in mind of Philipppe Petit, the Frenchman who constructed, then walked a tightrope between the twin towers in New York.

Edited March 6, 2018 by champers

[sanemax]

35 minutes ago, Jeremy50 said:

It's a popular pastime among young thrill seekers.Youtube is chocker with it.  Why not? Life's supposed to be lived, not eked away in fearful mediocrity, on a slow-speed merry-go-round of mundaneness. 

Yes, life is supposed to be lived, not falling from the top of a crane when you are 27

[Get Real]

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Fearless or stupid?

Definately stupid!

 

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

It is also not known if police are aware of the footage.

Now they do!

[mauGR1]

Fearless... Not stupid , they didn't fall down as far as i know.

[overherebc]

5 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

Fearless... Not stupid , they didn't fall down as far as i know.

Can't remember them all but there is a list of famous last words.

It's not as high as it looks.

My mate does this all the time.

etc etc

[mikebell]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

t is also not known if police are aware of the footage.

Pattaya police are not even aware of what causes traffic lights to change colour periodically.

[lovelomsak]

I feel that for people not afraid of heights it would be not a problem to do whet they did.

 For guys like me I would have been frozen with fear of such heights.

  I remember a picture years ago of high rise workers in New York eating lunch on a steel beam hanging from a crane high over NY that one gave me the willies too.

[roo860]

I feel that for people not afraid of heights it would be not a problem to do whet they did.
 For guys like me I would have been frozen with fear of such heights.
  I remember a picture years ago of high rise workers in New York eating lunch on a steel beam hanging from a crane high over NY that one gave me the willies too.

I used to work as a steeple jack when I was in my 20's, Saturday morning was always the worst one, after being on the piss the previous night!
[emoji23]

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[RichardColeman]

On the bright side if they fell the puddle could be easily washed away

[NewbieMe2018]

7 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

Fearless... Not stupid , they didn't fall down as far as i know.

This is the same reason why people do stupid things and die as a result. Sometime ago they did it and nothing happen. So that must be ok.

[lvr181]

How about 'fearless stupidity'? 

 

On a second thought, that could also apply to driving/riding in Thailand. 

Edited March 7, 2018 by lvr181
Additional comment

[I wonder]

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.

[jerry921]

The thread subject presents a false choice. I vote for fearless and stupid.

[farcanell]

Fearless in their stupidity.... and reckless in the endangerment of their lives... but worse, in the lives of others who might become involved in this stunt.

[petermik]

Fearless or not who was the brave soul above them filming it...............

[sanemax]

8 minutes ago, petermik said:

Fearless or not who was the brave soul above them filming it...............

Camera on a hand held stick

[petermik]

7 hours ago, petermik said:

Fearless or not who was the brave soul above them filming it...............

 

7 hours ago, sanemax said:

Camera on a hand held stick

It was meant as a light hearted comment hence the "I,m sorry" just wondering how many would fall for it.....congratulations sanemax you are the first.....

[jossthaifarang]

16 hours ago, Jeremy50 said:

It's a popular pastime among young thrill seekers.Youtube is chocker with it.  Why not? Life's supposed to be lived, not eked away in

fearful mediocrity, on a slow-speed merry-go-round of mundaneness. 

Few of these wont live to tell, It's stupid mate..

[Golden Triangle]

I get dizzy at the top of 3 steps. No handrail I'm stuffed.

[HooHaa]

i reckon if i were to go to the trouble id get clearer footage.

as for the danger, i dont see how climbing a ladder or walking up endless stairs is all that dangerous.
 

good for them.

[Stargeezr]

I think that they are lying about their location, and they are really on the 55th floor of the building, with the slides to the ground. Just saying that they are on a crane to sound like heroes. I have seen that back ground scene from that building my self. Its in the background of the picture on the rightside

Geezer