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Matthew Young

Heart-stopping moment teenage daredevil dangles off 600ft balcony with no equipment

This is the heart-stopping moment a teenage daredevil pretends to throw himself over the edge of a balcony - 600ft high.

Adam Lockwood, 19, has been skilfully free-climbing buildings in the UK and Europe for the last two years, reaching incredible heights without equipment.

His latest prank saw him head up to the top floor of 53-storey apartment block The Madison, in Canary Wharf, London - where he pretended to fall off the balcony.

The video shows Adam calmly sitting on the balcony edge, looking out over central London and the River Thames below him.

Adam Lockwood headed to the top floor of 53-storey apartment block The Madison, in Canary Wharf (Adam Lockwood/SWNS)

A second later, he launches himself off the balcony from his sitting position, quickly spinning round to grab the balcony edge, and is left dangling over the other side.

The teen, from Manchester, then looks up at the camera and declares, “I’m a bit brave today”, before hoisting himself back up and over on to the balcony to safety.

Warehouse worker Adam said: “I do this sort of thing quite a lot - I don’t even get adrenaline from it anymore.

“I love looking over the edge - that’s the best part.

“I just went up there on Tuesday with about eight of my mates, and everyone was just doing their own thing, and I just decided to go for it.”

Adam’s free-climbing has also taken him to France and to Spain, where he has climbed Europe’s tallest hotel, the Gran Hotel Bali in Benidorm, which stands at 186 metres high (600 feet).

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