London photographer, Lee Thompson, has stunned the world with his dedication to taking the world’s best selfie.
Lee believes he has now captured the “unbeatable selfie”, after snapping a pic at the top of Rio de Janeiro’s Christ The Redeemer statue.
Lee filmed his 25 minute climb up the inside of the 38m high monument, which sits atop Brazil’s 700m high Corcovado mountain.
The photographer was in Rio de Janeiro, covering the World Cup and convinced the Brazilian Tourist Board to allow him and a colleague to climb the statue.
The two men, along with two high-wire workmen, entered through scaffolding on the statue’s feet and then crawled in circles up 12 flights of rickety stairs in darkness.
Lee says it felt like the stairs were getting “narrower with every step” before they finally reached the small compartment in the statue’s shoulder.
He then used a rope to pull himself up the smooth soapstone into the head of the statue where he opened the hatch to the outside.
Lee describes the view from the top as incredible and says that it was the most fun selfie he has ever taken and one of his favourite photos ever.
Article written by D Mulhern
35 Responses
but first let me take a selfe
SELFIE… 🙂
That sounds fun
id love to do that because I like selfies and I like high places and rio
wow, that is a cool selfie 😀
but i know what would be cooler… IF AN ASTRONAUT TOOK A SELFIE ON THE
MOON!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is AWESOME but CRAZY at the same time.That is just freaking OUT OF THIS WORLD i hope lee has a great time and will do that sort of thing in another crazy place.WICKED DUDE
that would be amazing to climb and I TOATALY think that IS the best selfie I have ever seen!!!!!
selfie selfie selfie
Wow cool so cool
wow
that looks high
LOL epic selfie
😉
Amazing selfie!!!
cool my teacher used this for a question and i got it rifgt yeah so i got a chocolate
AWESOME SELFIE
i would love to do that!!
it would be awesome!!
that is a high selfie
That is soooooo cool but first let me take a selfie
that soooooooo cool wish i could do that
WOW that is soooooooooo cool i cant believe this has been done
you must of been soooooo high taking that selfe
Woah cool and scary at the same time!
ULTIMATE SELFIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what if he fell?
Incredible just amazing 🙂
Im gonna go to rio Awesome:)
What if he fell and #AmazingSelfie #Iwanttodothat #LeeThompsomisincrdible
no way!!!!! =)
If I was up there I would be like nope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙁
SELFIE 🙂
So cooooool. 🙂 😉 🙂 😉 I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT!!!!! =D
wow!!! awesome!!
=)
Oh my gosh I can’t believe it
Epic SELFIE!!
that is a pretty good veiw