Daring Skyscraper Climber Dies At 30 After Losing Balance From 68th Floor

According to media accounts, Mr. Lucidi was reportedly stuck outside the penthouse and was pounding on the window for assistance when he lost his footing.

Written by Srishti Verma July 31, 2023

Remi Lucidi

Faint-hearted people couldn’t even manage to see what Remi Lucidi used to do. He used to do very daring stunt that one might not even think of doing in dreams. The 30-year-old French extreme sports enthusiast was discovered dead after falling off a 68-story Hong Kong apartment building. The skyscraper climber died after his foot slipped off it seems.

Lucidi stuck outside the apartment

The Tregunter Tower complex is where Mr. Lucidi fell, according to media reports. At the scene, the daredevil was pronounced dead. He is thought to have become stuck outside of the apartment on the top floor, frantically banging on a window and startled a maid within. The man reportedly lost his balance and fell to his death, according to accounts in the media.

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Here’s how skyscraper climber died

The building was visited by Mr Lucidi at around 6 p.m., according to Hong Kong officials, and he informed the security guard at the gate that he had come to visit a friend on the 40th level. The media site claimed that when the supposed friend acknowledged he was not familiar with Mr Lucidi, the security gate attempted to stop him, but by that point, he had entered a lift.

CCTV footage captures Mr Lucidi entering the building on the 49th floor before ascending the stairs to the top of the structure. People claim that the man was nowhere to be found but that a hatch leading to the roof was open. He was, however, observed at 7:38 p.m. rapping on the penthouse of the building, and this caused the maid in the flat to phone the police.

According to media accounts, Mr. Lucidi was reportedly stuck outside the penthouse and was pounding on the window for assistance when he lost his footing. At the site, the authorities discovered Mr. Lucidi’s camera, which had films of his high-rise acts. The official cause of death has not been disclosed by the police.