Man in shorts made it to 73rd floor of 123-storey Lotte World Tower before being stopped
A British man attempted to scale the world’s fifth tallest building without ropes on Monday, until South Korean authorities forced him to abandon his climb more than halfway up the 123-storey Lotte World Tower in Seoul.
The 24-year-old man, wearing shorts, made his way up the landmark skyscraper for more than an hour as police and fire crews gathered below.
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