--- title: Shanghai Tower Climbers Vitaliy Raskalov And Vadim Makhorov description: Masked daredevils film their ascent to the top of world’s second tallest building canonical: https://time.com/7246/russian-climbers-scale-shanghai-tower-and-its-terrifying-to-watch/ author: David Stout article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-02-13T03:27:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:10.583Z og:title: Shanghai Tower Climbers Vitaliy Raskalov And Vadim Makhorov og:description: Masked daredevils film their ascent to the top of world’s second tallest building og:url: https://time.com/7246/russian-climbers-scale-shanghai-tower-and-its-terrifying-to-watch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Shanghai Tower Climbers Vitaliy Raskalov And Vadim Makhorov twitter:description: Masked daredevils film their ascent to the top of world’s second tallest building twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Russian Climbers Scale Shanghai Tower And It's Terrifying to Watch by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Feb 13, 2014 3:27 AM UTC by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Feb 13, 2014 3:27 AM UTC Armed with GoPro cameras and nerves of steel and without the comfort of ropes and harnesses, Russian adventurers/daredevils/adrenaline junkies Vitaliy Raskalov and Vadim Makhorov capture the bird’s eye view from the top of the Shanghai Tower. If you’re not on the verge of a panic attack by the four-minute mark then it might be time you got a psychological evaluation. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7246/russian-climbers-scale-shanghai-tower-and-its-terrifying-to-watch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7246/russian-climbers-scale-shanghai-tower-and-its-terrifying-to-watch/"},"headline":"Russian Climbers Scale Shanghai Tower And It's Terrifying to Watch","datePublished":"2014-02-13T03:27:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:10.583Z","description":"Masked daredevils film their ascent to the top of world’s second tallest building","url":"https://time.com/7246/russian-climbers-scale-shanghai-tower-and-its-terrifying-to-watch/","keywords":["Newsfeed","russia","China","World","GoPro","Shanghai"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"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/7246/russian-climbers-scale-shanghai-tower-and-its-terrifying-to-watch/","name":"Russian Climbers Scale Shanghai Tower And It's Terrifying to Watch"}}]}] ```