--- description: James Kingston's recent foray up the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, may be his most stomach-turning feat yet. title: Watch This Daredevil Climb The Eiffel Tower image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This Daredevil Climb The Eiffel Tower  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Nov 9, 2015 7:07 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Nov 9, 2015 7:07 PM CUT James Kingston is a YouTuber known for filming himself completing daring stunts. He has previously posted videos he captured while scaling other tall structures — without any visible safety restraints — such as the [the Dnopro Towers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUa3R8ii7TA "undefined") in Ukraine and [a crane](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fs0hkdJzk8 "undefined") in Southhampton, U.K. But his recent foray up the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, may be his most stomach-turning feat yet. In the caption of the video, Kingston explains that he originally planned to buy tickets to get access to the second platform before climbing the rest of the way up, but the tower was way too busy that day. He then decided to sneak around security and climb straight up from the ground at night. Although he wasn’t able to avoid being spotted, the daring climber did manage to make it to the top and capture some amazing footage. Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4105158/daredevil-climbs-the-eiffel-tower/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4105158/daredevil-climbs-the-eiffel-tower/"},"headline":"Watch This Daredevil Climb The Eiffel Tower","datePublished":"2015-11-09T19:07:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:45.563Z","description":"He snuck around security to get to the top","url":"https://time.com/4105158/daredevil-climbs-the-eiffel-tower/","keywords":["Newsfeed","GoPro","daredevil","Eiffel Tower"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4105158/daredevil-climbs-the-eiffel-tower/","name":"Watch This Daredevil Climb The Eiffel Tower"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Ultras: Nik Wallenda","description":"Nik Wallenda believes that tightrope walking is in his blood. As a seventh-generation member of the circus family known for performing their stunts on the high-wire without a net, Nik has set his sights on achieving the impossible.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/wD453kIY/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-11T18:54:06.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wD453kIY.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4105158/daredevil-climbs-the-eiffel-tower/","duration":"PT2M43S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4105158/daredevil-climbs-the-eiffel-tower/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```