Indian Spiderman Defies Death

Many of us wish we could emulate the spider-enhanced physical prowess of Peter Parker, known more commonly as Spider-Man, but not many of us have the guts to scale a wall without the aid of a safety net, a harness or wings.

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Enter Jyothi Rai of India. Unlike most individuals, who are content spending their lives with two feet firmly planted in the safety of the soil, Rai enjoys spending his time climbing the walls of the Chitradurga Fort, a large stone construct located in the Chitradurga District of Karnataka, India.

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Using the spaces between the stones as footholds and effortlessly hanging by his feet at a height of upwards of three hundred feet sans safety harness or anything to land upon should he slip. If he does, here’s hoping one of the many tourists that come to see him daily will try and catch him.

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By bmchargue on 14-11-2009

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Comments (4)

  1. Comment by Aaqil

    November 16th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    Hey what about that news, due to the bite of snake in anger indian chewed the snake, both snake and indian died :D

  2. Comment by Glenn

    December 3rd, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    This guy is incredible.

  3. Comment by cartman

    December 25th, 2009 at 11:08 am

    News fail! Indians pray to snakes too so i guess they wont chew on a snake.

  4. Comment by jon.c

    January 22nd, 2010 at 1:14 pm

    Sick to death of the british internet censorship of you tube content !

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