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Δύο 20χρονοι ο ένας από τη Ρωσία και ο άλλος από την Ουκρανία, δε διστάζουν να σκαρφαλώσουν στα πιο ψηλά κτίρια παγκοσμίως και να φωτογραφηθούν από την κορυφή αυτών, κόβοντας πραγματικά την ανάσα.

Πρόκειται για τους Vitaliy Raskalov και Vadim Makhorov, όπως είναι τα ψευδώνυμά τους, οι οποίοι επιλέγουν συγκεκριμένα αξιοθέατα στα οποία σκαρφαλώνουν και φωτογραφίζονται. Στη συνέχεια ανεβάζουν τις φωτογραφίες στο Instagram. Ήδη αυτοί που τους ακολουθούν έχουν ξεπεράσει τους 100.000.

They first met in St. Petersburg, at the top of the Obukhovskiy bridge, which is roughly 390 feet tall. Vitaliy's from Ukraine and Vadim's from Russia.

 

Μερικά από τα αξιοθέατα στα οποία έχουν ανέβει και έχουν φωτογραφηθεί είναι ο Πύργος της Σαγκάης στην Κίνα, ο Πύργος του Άιφελ αλλά και μια πυραμίδα στο Κάιρο.

Οι δυο τους συναντήθηκαν πρώτη φορά στην κορυφή της γέφυρας Obukhovskiy και έκτοτε αποφάσισαν να κάνουν από κοινού αυτό που αγαπούν, να σκαρφαλώνουν δηλαδή σε διάσημα κτίρια και να φωτογραφίζονται. Μάλιστα, αποφάσισαν να χρησιμοποιούν ψευδώνυμα διότι πολλές φορές σκαρφαλώνουν σε κτίρια χωρίς να τηρούν κανένα κανόνα ασφαλείας με αποτέλεσμα η πράξη τους αυτή να είναι παράνομη.

They told the Daily Mail that they had to sleep for almost 12 hours in the Shanghai Tower, which was under construction at the time, to wait for the sky to clear. They went there on the Chinese New Year to avoid security guards.

 

Ένα από τα ψηλότερα κτίρια που σκαρφάλωσαν είναι ο Πύργος της Σαγκάης ύψους 2,132 ποδιών.

One of the tallest buildings they climbed is the 2,132-foot-high Shanghai Tower in China. Their video climbing it went viral immediately, which even landed them a corporate sponsor.
 
Κάνουν αυτή τη δουλειά 6 χρόνια και έχουν ταξιδέψει σε 50 χώρες περίπου μέσα σε τρία χρόνια. Πρόκειται για μια part-time εργασία και όπως αποκαλύπτουν βγάζουν χρήματα από διαφημιστικά είδη ή διοργανώνοντας εκθέσεις φωτογραφίας.

Για τον Makhorov το πιο εντυπωσιακό μέρος στο οποίο έχει ανέβει είναι η πυραμίδα της Αιγύπτου.

Makhorov says the pyramids in Egypt was the most exciting place he's ever climbed.
 

Δείτε μερικές από τις πιο τρομακτικές φωτογραφίες που έχουν ανεβάσει στο Instagram.

They climb buildings without safety ropes or harnesses. What they do may not be legal in most parts of the world, so they use pseudonyms to avoid getting caught.
 
One of the first buildings they climbed was a 984-foot skyscraper in Moscow. "After six years, we don't have any fear when we climb skyscrapers around the world," Makhorov said.

But once the Chinese authorities saw their video, they banned the two of them from ever entering the country again. Nonetheless, they were able to reenter the country this year because they use pseudonyms.

 
This time, they climbed the 110-story Ping An Finance Centre in the city of Shenzhen. When Business Insider asked if what they did was illegal, Makhorov simply said, "I can't answer this question :)"

 
The duo have been taking these photos for about six years now. "We risk our lives for good shots and cool videos," Makhorov told us.

“I’d rather die falling from a great height than fall from a building four stories high and end up crippled,” Raskalov told the Daily Mail.

Makhorov says his family is not all too happy about their adventures. "Our families are aware of this, and they're always worried about us," he said.

He doesn't want others to copy what they’re doing. “It’s extremely dangerous,” he said.
 
Makhorov says this is a part-time job now. They make money by creating promotional items, doing photo exhibits, and even engaging in fashion designs.

 
They've traveled to roughly 50 countries over the past three years, including China, Japan, US, and Brazil.

 
Landmarks they've climbed include the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, the Effiel Tower in Paris, and the Manhattan Bridge in New York. This was taken at the Eiffel Tower.
 
They've recently been to New York City too. "To travel to the United States of America was like a dream for us," they wrote on their blog.

They didn't climb the Brooklyn Bridge because of "the marked attention of the authorities to this bridge," Makhorov wrote on his blog. So instead they went up the Manhattan Bridge.

 
They also have their own website, On the Roofs (<a href=

 
They're part of a sprawling community of photographers who scale buildings and bridges. But Makhorov and Raskalov are perhaps one of the best known, as they have sponsors and get paid to do what they do.

 
And they have no plans of slowing down any time soon.