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MANCHESTER, UK — On or around 25 April a lad who calls himself TheLittleNuisance, along with a male friend who kept his face covered and a young woman, decided to climb to the top of Europa Capital ’s recently completed 44-storey rented residential block at 100 Greengate in Salford , Manchester. Watch the video for yourself, but they do not appear to force entry. They ride the lift to floor 41, then walk up the final flight of stairs to find the door to the roof (pause for effect) unlocked. They walk around a bit, excitedly establishing their territory, and seem to know what they are looking for. Then TheLittleNuisance leans out and attaches three climbers' clips to a piece of overhanging gantry. He then swings off the 44th floor, holding onto the third clip with just three fingers. He hangs there for a while, then unhurriedly hauls himself back in. Thrill-seeking climbers are targeting skyscrapers and tower cranes in cities around the world in a growing social media trend. In Manchester, the city's landlords and developers are fighting back against the urbex YouTubers and Instagram rooftoppers with High Court injunctions. But can a piece of legal paperwork really win out against the climbers' addiction to social media hits? And can they stop it before somebody gets killed? Read the full story here.
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