Two Russian daredevils, Vadim Makhorov and Vitaly Raskalov, uploaded a YouTube video a few days ago on Feb. 12, 2014, showing them climb up the 632-metre Shanghai Tower using their bare hands without safety harness that will leave you sweaty-palmed just by watching it.

The video has been viewed more than 18 million times as of Feb. 17, 2014.

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In an entry in a blog chronicling their epic climbs, they admitted they made their way up the Shanghai Tower illegally during Chinese New Year earlier this year, where there was no one around to stop them.

This is what they wrote in Russian-glish:

"Aware of the strict Chinese law, we prepared carefully and picked an appropriate date, the Chinese New Year day. At that time the security was less watchful, workers were on vacations, and cranes did not work."

And here's an interesting fact: One of them was in Singapore in January last year and pulled off a similar stunt sneaking around, scaling buildings and taking photos.

He even explained that his ascent up Stamford Hotel, also known officially as Swissôtel The Stamford, was illegal:

"Interesting fact is that I entered the roofs illegally and I didn't even think of any consequences, however I wasn't caught. I spent 4 days in Singapore, two of them just walking around the city because on the second day I read about the strictness of Singapore laws. As it turned out you can easily spend up to 1 year in prison for breaking a lock and additionally you can be beaten with sticks."

He also managed to get on top of some random building in the Central Business District to take this shot:

"I climbed on one of the roofs in the business quarter of Singapore. In general from here you can't see anything, except a huge number of skyscrapers that surround you from all sides."

And that he didn't have to pay to get onto the roof of the Marina Bay Sands hotel:

"I moved to the roof of the famous Marina Bay Hotel, unfortunately I did not get to the swimming pool, but it was very easy to get to the observation deck for free and save $20."

Check out the rest of his amazing pictures on his Live Journal blog.

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