![]() These days, there are still people out there doing it and others who want to hear about just how awesome rooftopping is, but I can’t pull that off. And that disregard for safety is the biggest problem with the rooftopping practice. Nikolau embraces the motto, “No limit, no control.” She loves the thrill of climbing to extreme heights and has such a lack of fear that she does it without using any safety equipment. ![]() She maintains a constant flow of high-altitude photos and videos featuring acrobatic stunts, first-time climbs, and illegal summits. It seems people can’t get enough of Nikolau’s adrenaline-pumping, risky images, and she doesn’t let her audience down. The fame she has seen on Instagram is, well, explosive. The World’s Riskiest Selfie-TakerĪ post shared by A N G E L A N I K O L A U Nikolau specializes in taking pictures of herself atop some of the world’s highest buildings and structures, often perched or lying on very narrow ledges or even doing gymnastics inches from the edge. Or, you could also argue that the high-climbing selfie-takers are really just attention- and thrill-seeking individuals hoping for instant internet stardom. That these so-called “daredevils” are adventurous urban explorers and avant-garde photographers searching for the next great shot. You could argue (and some people do) that the photos are taken with the intention of showing incredible cityscapes from unique perspectives. All just to get a photo that can be posted on social media, proving they took a bigger risk than the last person. Nowadays, however, it seems to be about the shock factor.Īnd usually by people who have no climbing experience whatsoever. The images were taken to showcase stunning cityscapes – aerial views of bustling cities and beautiful architecture. ![]() Not the hanging-from-your-fingertips images you see today. There are famous photographs of skyscraper views from as far back as the late 1800s and early 1900s.īut it used to be about getting incredible city shots from high atop buildings, with a little-more-than-average amount of risk. Rooftopping, or roofing, has been around for a lot longer than the past decade.
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