Urban explorers breach security to scale 22-storey Birmingham tower.
In my time, I have abseiled down a 20-storey tower block as part of an organised charity event, and I have climbed numerous tower cranes as part of my job. Heights do not bother me. But I can’t bare to watch this video that shows “urban explorers” taking their lives in their hands to scale the 22-storey Natwest Tower in Birmingham while it was undergoing demolition.
The film, which has been featured in the Birmingham Mail newspaper, once again highlights the dangers of so-called urban exploration and the need for stringent security on demolition sites.
The former NatWest Tower, on the corner of Colmore Row and Newhall Street, has now been razed to make way for a 26-storey replacement.
Work to demolish the 22-storey former bank building, which was carried out by H Smith Engineers, started in 2015 and was completed last year.
