Vitaliy Raskalov and Vadim Makhorov

Vitaliy Raskalov and Vadim Makhorov

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Raskalov and Makhorov received press attention in early 2014 when they climbed up the [[Shanghai Tower]], the second tallest building in the world. They entered the construction site of the unfinished tower during the Lunar New Year. The popularity of the video sparked a discussion on the safety and the liability of the incident.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/feb/13/russians-scale-chinas-new-tallest-building|title=Russian daredevils scale the Shanghai Tower, China's new tallest building|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=13 February 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818123840/https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/feb/13/russians-scale-chinas-new-tallest-building|archivedate=18 August 2016}}[http://kotaku.com/two-chinese-guys-copied-that-insane-shanghai-tower-clim-1532287408 Two Chinese Guys Copied That Insane Shanghai Tower Climb]. Later in 2014, they hijacked an [[LED display|LED billboard]] on the roof of a Hong Kong building, advertising their Shanghai climb on the billboard.{{Cite web|author=Euan McKirdy|title=On the Roofs climbers scale new heights|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/17/world/asia/on-the-roofs-climber/index.html|access-date=2021-04-17|website=CNN|date=18 October 2014 }}
Raskalov and Makhorov received press attention in early 2014 when they climbed up the [[Shanghai Tower]], the second tallest building in the world. They entered the construction site of the unfinished tower during the Lunar New Year. The popularity of the video sparked a discussion on the safety and the liability of the incident.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/feb/13/russians-scale-chinas-new-tallest-building|title=Russian daredevils scale the Shanghai Tower, China's new tallest building|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=13 February 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818123840/https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/feb/13/russians-scale-chinas-new-tallest-building|archivedate=18 August 2016}}[http://kotaku.com/two-chinese-guys-copied-that-insane-shanghai-tower-clim-1532287408 Two Chinese Guys Copied That Insane Shanghai Tower Climb]. Later in 2014, they hijacked an [[LED display|LED billboard]] on the roof of a Hong Kong building, advertising their Shanghai climb on the billboard.{{Cite web|author=Euan McKirdy|title=On the Roofs climbers scale new heights|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/17/world/asia/on-the-roofs-climber/index.html|access-date=2021-04-17|website=CNN|date=18 October 2014 }}

Next, they climbed the 110-story Ping An Finance Centre in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.{{Cite web |last=Insider |first=Business |date=2015-07-26 |title=PHOTOS: Two friends climbed the world's scariest landmarks and put it all on Instagram |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/raskalov-makharov-on-the-roofs-tall-buildings-climbing-instagram-photos-2234404-Jul2015/ |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=TheJournal.ie |language=en}}


In April 2016, a video was posted of them climbing the [[Lotte World Tower]] in [[Seoul]]. Despite the construction site having guard dogs, security officers and monitoring drones, Raskalov and Makhorov managed to bypass the security and climb the under construction building.{{cite web|url=http://rbth.com/news/2016/04/12/russian-roofers-climb-seouls-lotte-tower_584165|title=Russian roofers climb Seoul's Lotte Tower|first=Rossiyskaya|last=Gazeta|date=12 April 2016|publisher=}}
In April 2016, a video was posted of them climbing the [[Lotte World Tower]] in [[Seoul]]. Despite the construction site having guard dogs, security officers and monitoring drones, Raskalov and Makhorov managed to bypass the security and climb the under construction building.{{cite web|url=http://rbth.com/news/2016/04/12/russian-roofers-climb-seouls-lotte-tower_584165|title=Russian roofers climb Seoul's Lotte Tower|first=Rossiyskaya|last=Gazeta|date=12 April 2016|publisher=}}