BY: ALEX BROWN Russia produces a strain of urban explorers that North America fails to compete with. They are to urban exploration what Kenya is to distance running. At the forefront of this proud national title stands 21-year-old Vitaliy Raskalov…
This is what cheating death by jumping the gaps between city roof tops looks like
BY: SHAY ANSARI Hidden by a grey hoodie in the shadow of skyscrapers, a lone man races across cement roof tops clearing the gaps between buildings without a twitch of hesitation. He is a free runner, a type of underground…
I illegally climbed to the roof’s edge of Toronto’s tallest buildings with a prolific Urban Explorer
The late-evening sunset afterglow covers Toronto’s cityscape which in light of where I’m headed seems a lot more daunting than peaceful. My stomach drops as I look out the window as my train pulls into the station. The varying heights…
Dark Cyanide is an 18-year old urban explorer scaling NYC’s tallest skyscrapers (Photos)
Dark Cyanide is an 18-year-old, New York City photographer who describes his work as “urban history”. In case you haven’t already guessed it, Dark Cyanide is undeterred by security guards or no trespassing signs and his curiosity has taken him…
Crazy urban explorers free-climb to the tip of the second highest building in the world (VIDEO)
Last year two Russian ‘rooftoppers’ took on the Shanghai Tower, the second highest building in the world, free-climbing to the top and capturing the ascent with GoPros strapped tight to their foreheads. The climbers, Vadim Makhorov and Vitaly Raskalov, represent…
Would you risk your life to see these urban sights? (Photos)
With the upsurge of high-rise skyscrapers and the decrease of public space, Urban Explorers have made a playground out of their man-made concrete environment. Whether venturing through abandoned factories, transit tunnels, cranes, or storm drains they have realized that discovery…