{"id":99589,"date":"2014-08-26T12:34:42","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T16:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=99589"},"modified":"2014-08-26T13:35:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T17:35:15","slug":"scariest-selfie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/scariest-selfie","title":{"rendered":"Atop a 1,135-foot skyscraper, is this the scariest selfie ever taken?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/08\/scariest-selfie.html\/crazy-selfie-from-hong-kong-skyscraper-1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-99601\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-99601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Crazy-Selfie-From-Hong-Kong-Skyscraper-1.gif\" alt=\"Crazy-Selfie-From-Hong-Kong-Skyscraper-1\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to take the world\u2019s most extreme selfie, daredevil photographers Daniel Lau, Andrew Tso and \u201cAS\u201d scaled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapercenter.com\/hong-kong\/the-center\/343\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">The Centre<\/a> building in Hong Kong, which at 1,135 feet is the region\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapercenter.com\/create.php?search=yes&amp;page=0&amp;type_building=on&amp;status_COM=on&amp;list_continent=&amp;list_country=&amp;list_city=CN-HKG&amp;list_height=&amp;list_company=&amp;completionsthrough=on&amp;list_year=\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">fifth tallest skyscraper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As his friends casually enjoyed a couple of bananas, Lau used a &#8220;selfie stick&#8221; to take the panoramic video\u00a0that has been lighting up <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/ruT7wjosZ8\/?modal=true\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and YouTube as of late.<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"660\" height=\"371\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/82SDk1kInvI?hl=en_GB&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/82SDk1kInvI?hl=en_GB&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>But is it really the scariest selfie ever taken? 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