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Description: George King disguises himself as businessmen, runners, and passed-out drunks -- all to gather intel on some of the world's most secure and iconic buildings so that he can illegally free-climb them without any safety equipment what-so-ever. When he was just 19, after months of preparation, he climbed London's famous Shard. The stunt landed him in prison – but since then his obsession has grown stronger. VICE World News speaks to George and his childhood friend Caspar to hear how he planned his most famous climb, how his adrenaline-fueled hobby was born, and how it became more extreme over the years. Check out George King's Instagram here: instagram.com/shardclimber Check out the VICE World News playlist for global reporting you won't find elsewhere: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw613M86o5o4S3BXgi3bCiIVuopQxIMgV Watch more like this: How I Stole $2.8M as a Teenager youtube.com/watch?v=Fgkf7VGtZfY How We Staged a UFO Hoax youtube.com/watch?v=-cW8RsWNnKg My Wife Hired a Hitman So I Faked My Death youtube.com/watch?v=mpyQDo_VoaM Click here to subscribe to VICE: bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: vice.com More videos from the VICE network: fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/vice The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: youtube.com/VICENews VICELAND: youtube.com/VICELANDTV Broadly: youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: youtube.com/NOC i-D: youtube.com/iDmagazine Waypoint: youtube.com/WaypointVICE