Ever feel like hanging from a skyscraper or moving between two planes mid-flight?

If you answered “no” above, then good. Don’t you ever feel like doing that, at all. It’s not safe. However, if you want to live vicariously through the highly questionable actions of others, we’ve got just the article for you today.

Scroll for a few of the most dangerous photo ops of all time!

1. Skyscraper Shenanigans


This viral video of three teens perched atop a Hong Kong skyscraper is a doozy—the building’s highest point put the trio approximately 1,135 feet above the streets below. Videographer Daniel Lau captured the stunt with a selfie stick and a wide-angle lens while his pals chowed down on bananas. Well, that’s one way to grab lunch.

2. Policing the Air

The skyscraper shenanigans of today were arguably inspired in part by the “Human Flies,” a variety of stunt daredevils from the early 20th century. Here, a New York City police officer and Italian immigrant hangs from a New York City construction girder in 1920.

3. “Human Fly” Buzzes Above Paris 

Photo via Pinterest

Another “Human Fly” from the early 20th century performs a death-defying balancing act atop an Eiffel Tower handrail.

4. A Good Selfie is a “Bear” Necessity in Today’s Society 

Credit: New York Post

Bear selfies are apparently becoming a thing? And before you think, “Oh, there’s a decent distance between him and that bear for a quick camera snap,” bear in mind (get it?) that these animals can move upward of 35 MPH. Compare that to Usain Bolt’s highest-ever timed speed of 27 MPH, and yeah, you get the picture pretty quickly (wow, another pun).

5. This Photo Was Fire

National Geographic Explorer, @georgekourounis, is not a fan of your garden-variety selfies. He’s more a fan of your volcano-variety snaps, as you can see here. And why not? It isn’t like he’s under pressure or has anything to sweat about, after all.

6. “F*** It, Let’s Do It”

It’s like Red Bull held a meeting and someone was just nonchalantly like, “How ‘bout we have a dude climb out of a cockpit mid-flight, jump to another plane, grab the fin of the glider still flying above him, and then just friggin’ skydive into oblivion?” And then someone else was like, “F*** it, let’s do it. Daiquiris, anyone?”

Watch as stuntman Paul Steiner pulls off the seemingly impossible above—while soaring 2000 meters above Austria. (It really starts to get good about 50 seconds in.)