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Rooftop daredevil fell to death while trying to earn money to marry his girlfriend, family says 
  
 Authorities have confirmed that a young rooftop daredevil fell to his death last month from a 263-meter-tall Changsha skyscraper while apparently attempting to perform a particularly dangerous stunt in order to win enough money to marry his girlfriend. 
  
 Last month, the social media accounts of Wu Yongning (吴咏宁), who claimed the title of “China’s first extreme height challenger,” ceased updating, causing his followers to believe that the young man’s luck had finally run out. Their fears were finally confirmed on Friday when Wu’s girlfriend made a post on Weibo. “Today is December 8th. It makes me think of November 8th, the day that you left us, left this world,” she wrote. 
  
 More and more details of Wu’s untimely death are beginning to come out. Police have said that the 26-year-old fell from the 62-story Huayuan Center Tower, one of the tallest buildings in the Hunan capital, on November 8th. His body was only found the following day after his girlfriend reported him missing, the Beijing News reports. 
  
 Wu’s family told local reporters that before his death the daredevil was taking part in a rooftopping challenge in which an unnamed brand was offering him 100,000 yuan in prize money. Both friends and family believe that it was this big pay day that ended up pushing Wu over the edge. 
  
 His step-uncle said that Wu was planning to use the money, not only to pay for the medical treatment of his sick mother, but also to give to his girlfriend’s family as a bride price so that the two could finally be married. 
  
 Wu’s rooftopping friends said that he had started to take his stunts too far because of the challenge and refused to listen when they told him to take more precautions. He was also reportedly under a lot of stress because he had signed up with a number of live-streaming platforms and had been contracted to make some extreme videos to promote various brands. 
  
 Starting out as a film extra, Wu began making a name for himself online by posting hundreds of videos on various video-sharing sites showing him performing pulse-pounding stunts atop extremely high buildings in China without any safety equipment. On Meipai, he had accumulated 235,000 followers. 
  
 Shortly following confirmation of his death, a video began circulating online which purported to show the stunt that took Wu’s life. However, Wu’s friends have since said that it had been recorded by him as a gimmick. 
  
 However, yesterday, another video emerged on social media which appears to be authentic. The clip shows Wu lowering himself down off the edge of a skyscraper and attempting to do some pull-ups. However, he seems to lose his strength, and eventually, his grip. 
  
 Viewer discretion is strongly advised. ||||| This is the moment an internet star known as 'China's first rooftopper' fell to his death from the top of a 62-storey skyscraper. 
  
 Wu Yongning, 26, was doing pull-ups at the top of the Huayuan International Centre in Changsha, the capital of Huan Province, when he lost his grip and fell. 
  
 Harrowing footage captured the moment he let go, plunging 45ft on to a terrace below where his body was later found by a window cleaner. 
  
 Wu Yongning, 26, fell to his death from the top of the Huayuan International Centre in Changsha, the capital of Huan Province, while filming a stunt (right) 
  
 Wu fell from a 62-storey building in the Huayuan International Centre complex (above) 
  
 The incident was captured on a camera that Wu had placed on another part of the building to record himself. 
  
 Wu Yongning's girlfriend, who refers to herself as Jin Jin, told the Beijing News that he was due to ask her parents' permission to marry her two days after the stunt. 
  
 Jin Jin told the newspaper that he planned to bring her family a bridal gift of 80,000 yuan (£9,000), roughly the same amount he was due to earn from the video. 
  
 Wu died on November 8 but his death was only confirmed by family members on December 8 after fans became concerned that no videos had been posted to his social media account for a month. 
  
 Local authorities investigating the case described it as an 'accident' and have already ruled out foul play. 
  
 Wu had been planning to propose to his girlfriend after filming the video on November 8, but died after losing his grip and falling 45ft on to a terrace (file pics) 
  
 On live-streaming video site 'Volcano', Wu had one million followers and 300 videos. He held 217 live-streaming sessions and was paid around 55,000 yuan (£6,000) for doing so. Viewers paid him with virtual currency if they liked the videos. 
  
 Fans have now flooded social media with tributes to Wu. 
  
 Jin Jin, said Huayuan International Centre is only open to the public until the 44th floor, after which key cards are required to access the Grand Hyatt hotel. 
  
 As security personnel were also present on the hotel's top floor, she said she believes her boyfriend took a lift to 'over 40 floors' and then free-climbed 'nearly 20 more floors' to reach the position where he filmed. 
  
 Wu started life as a background actor in films but then began filming viral videos and aimed to become China's most famous 'rooftopper' 
  
 Wu used to work as a lowly paid background actor for various films in China before becoming a video blogger at the beginning of this year. 
  
 He discovered that by posting videos of himself climbing up dangerous structures, he could earn much more money than acting and could help his family improve their living standard. 
  
 In the space of 10 months, Wu scaled skyscrapers around China and performed stunts on top of them. 
  
 On October 3, he filmed himself doing an one-arm handstand on top of the 70-storey Sun Moon Light Plaza in Chongqing. 
  
 One month before, a video on his social media account showed him walking on a tiny ledge on top of the 68-storey Yuexiu Fortune Center in Wuhan. 
  
 One of his most famous stunts took place in mid July. In it, Wu did pull-ups without harness by grabbing to the edge of a 1,000-metre-high (3,280 feet) walkway in Zhangjiajie. ||||| Image copyright Weibo 
  
 A well-known Chinese climber has died while performing one of his trademark daredevil skyscraper stunts. 
  
 Wu Yongning had amassed thousands of followers on the social network Weibo for his dramatic short videos showing him perched atop tall buildings without the use of safety equipment. 
  
 Concern grew among his fans when he stopped posting updates in November. 
  
 It has now emerged that he died after falling from a 62-storey building in the city of Changsha. 
  
 Chinese media report that he was participating in a challenge to win a substantial amount of prize money. 
  
 The 26-year-old died on 8 November, but his death was only confirmed by his girlfriend in a post on Chinese social media a month later. 
  
 So-called "rooftopping" - climbing extremely tall city buildings without safety equipment - has become increasingly popular across the world in recent years. 
  
 Mr Wu's posts on Weibo warned his viewers not to imitate his dangerous performances. He had martial arts training, and had previously taken part in some television and film productions. 
  
 But it was his rooftop posts which brought him significant attention on social media - and, according to local media reports, proved more lucrative. 
  
 Image copyright Weibo Image caption Wu Yongning posted videos of his climbs to Chinese social platform Weibo 
  
 A family member was quoted as saying he was participating in a "rooftopping" challenge with 100,000 yuan (£11,300) at stake in prize money, though the nature of the competition and its sponsor was unclear. 
  
 "He planned to propose to his girlfriend (the day after the challenge)," the South China Morning Post quoted his step-uncle as saying. 
  
 "He needed the money for the wedding, and for medical treatment for his ailing mother." 
  
 On Weibo, friends and fans had a mixed reaction to the news. 
  
 Fellow rooftopper Charlie_7U posted a photo taken with Mr Wu, saying: "He went a bit over the top, always trying things that are beyond his ability". 
  
 "I have even saved him once... we stopped playing together," he added. 
  
 Another user asked: "Why would you seek attention in such a dangerous way, just for your fans? 
  
 "I became speechless after I found out from news that you were doing all that to pay for your ill mother's hospital treatment. You are one of those people in this world, you will do anything for your loved ones, absolutely anything." 
  
 The rooftopping trend is popular across the world in heavily developed cities. Despite safety concerns, many climbers insist that the use of safety equipment detracts from the experience. 
  
 "The moment you start wearing safety equipment is the moment you've got doubt and when you've got doubt, that's when things can go wrong," UK climber James Kington told the BBC last year. 
  
 "It completely changes the way you look at things. You see everything as a possibility rather than walls restricting you." ||||| A famous Chinese ‘rooftopper’ fell to his death from a skyscraper in a daring £11,000 challenge as he sought to use his fame to help lift his family out of poverty, media reported. 
  
 Wu Yongning, aged 26, fell from the summit of the 62-storey Huayuan Hua Centre in the central city of Changsha, apparently as he attempted to scoop 100,000 yuan (£11,200) for a clip promoting an unnamed sponsor, reports say. 
  
 The former movie stuntman had one million followers on the Chinese Internet and was well known for fearlessly scaling towering skyscrapers without any safety equipment. 
  
 More than 300 videos of him tip-toeing on scaffolding or doing pull-ups as he hung from the side of huge buildings were widely shared by his fans. 
  
 However, his account on Sina Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, went silent around a month ago after he purportedly attempted the Changsha skyscraper. |||||Summary:
– He was famous on social media, then went silent. Now Wu Yongning's fans have learned why he stopped posting in November. The BBC reports that the Chinese daredevil, known for posting videos of himself at the top of tall buildings scaled without safety devices, is confirmed to have died in a fall from a 62-story building in Changsha on Nov. 8. The South China Morning Post describes the 26-year-old's life-ending stunt as a somewhat selfless act, saying Wu was undertaking the "rooftopping" challenge in hopes of winning $15,000 in prize money in order to pay for his sick mother's medical treatment, and also to fund a wedding with a woman that his step-uncle says he planned to propose to after the challenge was complete. The Telegraph's explanation of the money is that Wu, who had 1 million followers, was trying to secure it by filming himself promoting an unspecified sponsor. Shanghaiist reports the building was 862 feet tall. The Telegraph describes the more than 300 videos he posted as showing stomach-turning feats like him doing pull-ups from treacherous heights. Indeed, per the Daily Mail, video shows Wu doing pull-ups atop the Huayuan International Centre and then falling; he reportedly plummeted 45 feet to a terrace where a window cleaner later discovered his body. The Telegraph quotes a post from his girlfriend made Friday: "Today is December 8th. It makes me think of November 8th, the day you left us and left this world." (A daredevil who did the unthinkable at Everest also lost his life in November.)
Artikel: Rooftop våghalsen föll till döds samtidigt som man försöker tjäna pengar för att gifta sig med sin flickvän, säger familjen Myndigheterna har bekräftat att en ung tak våghals föll till sin död förra månaden från en 263-meters-tal Changsha skyskrapa medan tydligen försöker utföra en särskilt farlig stunt för att vinna tillräckligt med pengar för att gifta sig med sin flickvän. Förra månaden, de sociala medierna konton Wu Yongning (<unk>), som hävdade titeln på "Kinas första extrema höjd utmanare," upphörde att uppdatera, vilket fick hans anhängare att tro att den unge mannens tur äntligen hade tagit slut. Deras farhågor bekräftades slutligen på fredagen när Wus flickvän gjorde ett inlägg på Weibo. “Idag är den 8 december. Det får mig att tänka på den 8 november, dagen då du lämnade oss, lämnade denna värld, skrev hon. Fler och fler detaljer om Wus för tidiga död börjar komma ut. Polisen har sagt att 26-åringen föll från det 62-våningars Huayuan Center Tower, en av de högsta byggnaderna i hunanhuvudstaden, den 8 november. Hans kropp hittades först dagen efter att hans flickvän anmält honom saknad, rapporterar Beijing News. Wus familj berättade för lokala reportrar att våghalsen före sin död deltog i en utmaning på taket där ett namnlöst varumärke erbjöd honom 100.000 yuan i prispengar. Både vänner och familj tror att det var denna stora lönedag som slutade med att knuffa Wu över kanten. Hans styvfarbror sade att Wu planerade att använda pengarna, inte bara för att betala för den medicinska behandlingen av sin sjuka mor, utan också för att ge till sin flickväns familj som brudpris så att de två slutligen kunde gifta sig. Wus vänner på taket sade att han hade börjat ta sina stunts för långt på grund av utmaningen och vägrade att lyssna när de sade till honom att vidta fler försiktighetsåtgärder. Han var också enligt uppgift under stor stress eftersom han hade anmält sig med ett antal live-streamingplattformar och hade kontrakterats för att göra några extrema videor för att marknadsföra olika märken. Börjar som en film extra, Wu började göra ett namn för sig själv på nätet genom att lägga upp hundratals videor på olika video-delning webbplatser visar honom utföra puls-pounding stunts ovanpå extremt höga byggnader i Kina utan någon säkerhetsutrustning. På Meipai hade han samlat på sig 235 000 anhängare. Kort efter bekräftelsen av hans död började en video cirkulera på nätet som påstods visa stunt som tog Wus liv. Wus vänner har dock sedan dess sagt att den hade spelats in av honom som en gimmick. I går dök dock en annan video upp på sociala medier som verkar vara äkta. Clipset visar Wu sänka sig ner från kanten av en skyskrapa och försöker göra några pull-ups. Han verkar dock förlora sin styrka, och så småningom, sitt grepp. Tittare diskretion är starkt tillrådligt. Detta är ögonblicket då en internetstjärna känd som "Kinas första takläggare" föll till sin död från toppen av en 62 våningar hög skyskrapa. Wu Yongning, 26 år, gjorde pull-ups på toppen av Huayuan International Centre i Changsha, huvudstaden i Huanprovinsen, när han tappade greppet och föll. Harvande bilder fångades i samma ögonblick som han släppte taget och kastade sig 45 meter ner på en terrass där hans kropp senare hittades av en fönsterputsare. Wu Yongning, 26, föll till sin död från toppen av Huayuan International Centre i Changsha, huvudstaden i Huanprovinsen, samtidigt som filmat ett stunt (höger) Wu föll från en 62-vånings byggnad i Huayuan International Centre komplex (ovan) Händelsen fångades på en kamera som Wu hade placerat på en annan del av byggnaden för att spela in sig själv. Wu Yongnings flickvän, som refererar till sig själv som Jin Jin, berättade för Beijing News att han skulle be hennes föräldrar om lov att gifta sig med henne två dagar efter stuntet. Jin Jin berättade för tidningen att han planerade att ge hennes familj en brudgåva på 80.000 yuan (9 000 pund), ungefär samma belopp som han skulle tjäna på videon. Wu avled den 8 november men hans död bekräftades först av familjemedlemmar den 8 december efter att fansen blev oroliga över att inga videor hade lagts upp på hans sociala mediekonto på en månad. Lokala myndigheter som utredde fallet beskrev det som en 'olycka' och har redan uteslutit brott. Wu hade planerat att fria till sin flickvän efter att ha filmat videon den 8 november, men dog efter att ha tappat greppet och fallit 45ft på en terrass (filbilder) På live-streaming videosajten 'Volcano' hade Wu en miljon följare och 300 videor. Han höll 217 live-streaming sessioner och fick betalt runt 55 000 yuan (6 000 pund) för att göra det. Tittare betalade honom med virtuell valuta om de gillade videorna. Fans har nu översvämmat sociala medier med hyllningar till Wu. Jin Jin, sade Huayuan International Centre är endast öppen för allmänheten fram till 44: e våningen, varefter nyckelkort krävs för att komma åt Grand Hyatt hotell. Eftersom säkerhetspersonal också var närvarande på hotellets översta våning, sa hon att hon tror att hennes pojkvän tog en lift till "över 40 våningar" och sedan friklätt "nästan 20 våningar till" för att nå den position där han filmade. Wu började livet som bakgrundsskådespelare i filmer men började sedan filma virala videor och syftade till att bli Kinas mest kända 'rooftopper' Wu brukade arbeta som en lågavlönad bakgrundsskådespelare för olika filmer i Kina innan han blev videobloggare i början av detta år. Han upptäckte att han genom att lägga upp videor av sig själv klättra upp farliga strukturer kunde tjäna mycket mer pengar än skådespeleri och kunde hjälpa sin familj att förbättra sin levnadsstandard. Inom loppet av 10 månader skalade Wu skyskrapor runt Kina och utförde stunts ovanpå dem. Den 3 oktober filmade han sig själv med att göra ett enarmat handställ ovanpå 70-våningen Sun Moon Light Plaza i Chongqing. En månad tidigare visade en video på hans konto i sociala medier att han gick på en liten avsats ovanpå Yuexiu Fortune Center i Wuhan. Ett av hans mest kända stunts ägde rum i mitten av juli. I den gjorde Wu pull-ups utan sele genom att gripa till kanten av en 1000 meter hög (3 280 fot) gångbana i Zhangjiajie. Image copyright Weibo En välkänd kinesisk klättrare har dött när han utför ett av sina varumärken våghalsiga skyskrapstunt. Wu Yongning hade samlat tusentals anhängare på det sociala nätverket Weibo för sina dramatiska korta videor som visade honom uppsatta på höga byggnader utan användning av säkerhetsutrustning. Oron växte bland hans fans när han slutade publicera uppdateringar i november. Det har nu framkommit att han avled efter att ha fallit från en 62 våningar hög byggnad i staden Changsha. Kinesiska medier rapporterar att han deltog i en utmaning att vinna en betydande mängd prispengar. 26-åringen avled den 8 november, men hans död bekräftades bara av hans flickvän på en post på kinesiska sociala medier en månad senare. Så kallad "rofftopping" - klättrar extremt höga stadsbyggnader utan säkerhetsutrustning - har blivit allt populärare över hela världen de senaste åren. Wus inlägg på Weibo varnade sina tittare för att efterlikna hans farliga framträdanden. Han hade kampsportsutbildning, och hade tidigare deltagit i en del TV- och filmproduktioner. Men det var hans takposter som gav honom betydande uppmärksamhet på sociala medier - och enligt lokala medias rapporter visade sig mer lukrativa. Image copyright Weibo Image caption Wu Yongning lade upp videor av sina klättringar till kinesisk social plattform Weibo En familjemedlem citerades som säger att han deltog i en "rooftopping" utmaning med 100 000 yuan (11 300 pund) på spel i prispengar, även om arten av tävlingen och dess sponsor var oklart. "Han planerade att fria till sin flickvän (dagen efter utmaningen)," South China Morning Post citerade hans styvfarbror som säger. "Han behövde pengar till bröllopet och till medicinsk behandling för sin sjuka mor." På Weibo fick vänner och fans en blandad reaktion på nyheterna. Fellow takoper Charlie_7U postade ett foto taget med Mr Wu, säger: "Han gick lite över toppen, alltid prova saker som är bortom hans förmåga". "Jag har till och med räddat honom en gång... vi slutade spela tillsammans", tillade han. En annan användare frågade: "Varför skulle du söka uppmärksamhet på ett så farligt sätt, bara för dina fans? "Jag blev mållös när jag fick veta att du gjorde allt det för att betala för din sjuka mammas sjukhusvård. Du är en av de människorna i den här världen, du kommer att göra vad som helst för dina nära och kära, absolut vad som helst." Takläggningstrenden är populär över hela världen i kraftigt utvecklade städer. Trots säkerhetsproblem insisterar många klättrare på att användningen av säkerhetsutrustning förringar erfarenheten. "Det ögonblick du börjar bära säkerhetsutrustning är ögonblicket du har tvivel och när du har tvivel, det är då saker kan gå fel," brittiska klättraren James Kington berättade BBC förra året. "Det förändrar helt hur man ser på saker och ting. Du ser allt som en möjlighet snarare än väggar som begränsar dig." En berömd kinesisk ”taktoppare” föll till sin död från en skyskrapa i en vågad utmaning på 11 000 pund när han försökte använda sin berömmelse för att hjälpa sin familj att lyfta sig ur fattigdom, rapporterade media. Wu Yongning, 26 år, föll från toppen av 62-våningen Huayuan Hua Centre i centrala staden Changsha, tydligen som han försökte scoop 100.000 yuan (11,200 pund) för ett klipp som främjar en icke namngiven sponsor, rapporter säger. Den före detta filmstuntmannen hade en miljon anhängare på det kinesiska Internet och var välkänd för att oförskräckt klättra höga skyskrapor utan någon säkerhetsutrustning. Mer än 300 videor av honom tip-toeing på byggnadsställningar eller göra pull-ups som han hängde från sidan av enorma byggnader var allmänt delas av hans fans. Men hans berättelse om Sina Weibo, Kinas version av Twitter, tystnade för en månad sedan efter att han påstod sig ha försökt Changsha skyskrapan. ••••••••••••••••••••••
Article: Rooftop the daredevil fell to death while trying to make money to marry their girlfriend, says the authorities have confirmed that a young roof daredevil fell to his death last month from a 263-meter speech Changsha skyscraper while apparently trying to perform a particularly dangerous stunt to win enough money to marry his girlfriend. Last month, social media accounts Wu Yongning (<unk>), who claimed the title of "China's first extreme height contender," ceased updating, causing his followers to believe that the young man's turn had finally run out. Their fears were finally confirmed on Friday when Wu's girlfriend made a post on Weibo. “Today is December 8th. It makes me think of November 8, the day you left us, left this world, she wrote. More and more details about Wu's premature death are beginning to come out. Police have said the 26-year-old fell from the 62-story Huayuan Center Tower, one of the tallest buildings in the Hunan capital, on November 8. His body was only found the day after his girlfriend reported him missing, reports Beijing News. Wu's family told local reporters that before his death the daredevil took part in a challenge on the roof where a nameless brand offered him 100,000 yuan in prize money. Both friends and family believe it was this big payday that ended up pushing Wu over the edge. His step uncle said Wu planned to use the money, not only to pay for the medical treatment of his sick mother, but also to give to his girlfriend's family as a bride price so that the two could finally get married. Wu's friends on the roof said he had begun taking his stunts too far due to the challenge and refused to listen when they told him to take more precautions. He was also reportedly under great stress because he had signed up with a number of live streaming platforms and had been contracted to make some extreme videos to promote various brands. Starting as a movie extra, Wu started making a name for himself online by posting hundreds of videos on various video-sharing websites showing him performing pulse-pounding stunts on top of extremely tall buildings in China without any security equipment. At Meipai, he had amassed 235,000 followers. Shortly after the confirmation of his death, a video began circulating online allegedly showing stunts that took Wu's life. However, Wu's friends have since said that it had been recorded by him as a gimmick. Yesterday, however, another video appeared on social media that appears to be genuine. The clip shows Wu descending from the edge of a skyscraper and tries to make some pull-ups. However, he seems to lose his strength, and eventually, his grip. Viewers discretion is highly advisable. This is the moment when an internet star known as "China's first roofer" fell to his death from the top of a 62-storey skyscraper. Wu Yongning, 26, made pull-ups at the top of Huayuan International Centre in Changsha, the capital of Huan Province, when he lost his grip and fell. Harving images were captured the moment he let go and threw himself 45 meters down on a terrace where his body was later found by a window cleaner. Wu Yongning, 26, fell to his death from the top of Huayuan International Centre in Changsha, the capital of Huan Province, while filming a stunt (right) Wu fell from a 62-story building in the Huayuan International Centre complex (above) The event was caught on a camera that Wu had placed on another part of the building to record himself. Wu Yongning's girlfriend, who refers to herself as Jin Jin, told Beijing News that he would ask her parents to marry her two days after the stunt. Jin Jin told the paper that he planned to give her family a 80,000 yuan (9,000 pounds), about the same amount he would earn on the video. Wu died on November 8 but his death was first confirmed by family members on December 8 after fans became concerned that no videos had been posted to his social media account in a month. Local authorities investigating the case described it as an 'accident' and have already ruled out crimes. Wu had planned to propose to his girlfriend after filming the video on November 8, but died after losing his grip and falling 45ft on a terrace (file shots) On the live-streaming video site 'Volcano', Wu had a million followers and 300 videos. He held 217 live-streaming sessions and was paid around 55,000 yuan (£6,000) to do so. Viewers paid him in virtual currency if they liked the videos. Fans have now flooded social media with tributes to Wu. Jin Jin, said Huayuan International Centre is only open to the public until the 44th floor, after which key cards are required to access the Grand Hyatt hotel. Since security staff were also present on the top floor of the hotel, she said that she believes her boyfriend took a lift to "over 40 floors" and then undressed "almost 20 more floors" to reach the position where he filmed. Wu began life as a background actor in films but then began filming viral videos and aimed to become China's most famous 'rooftopper' Wu used to work as a low-paid background actor for various films in China before becoming a video blogger at the beginning of this year. He discovered that by posting videos of himself climbing up dangerous structures, he could earn much more money than acting and could help his family improve his standard of living. Within 10 months, Wu scaled skyscrapers around China and performed stunts on top of them. On October 3, he filmed himself making a one-armed handstand on top of the 70-story Sun Moon Light Plaza in Chongqing. A month earlier, a video on his social media account showed that he went on a small ledge atop the Yuexiu Fortune Center in Wuhan. One of his most famous stunts took place in mid-July. In it, Wu made pull-ups without harness by grappling to the edge of a 1,000-metre (3,280 feet) walkway in Zhangjiajie. Image copyright Weibo A well-known Chinese climber has died performing one of his brands daring skyscraper stunts. Wu Yongning had gathered thousands of supporters on the social network Weibo for his dramatic short videos showing him set up on tall buildings without the use of safety equipment. Concern grew among his fans when he stopped publishing updates in November. It has now emerged that he died after falling from a 62-storey building in the city of Changsha. Chinese media reports that he took part in a challenge to win a significant amount of prize money. The 26-year-old died on November 8, but his death was only confirmed by his girlfriend on a post on Chinese social media a month later. So-called "rofftopping" - climbing extremely high city buildings without safety equipment - has become increasingly popular worldwide in recent years. Wu's post on Weibo warned his viewers not to imitate his dangerous performances. He had martial arts training, and had previously participated in some television and film productions. But it was his roof posts that gave him considerable attention to social media - and according to local media reports proved more lucrative. Image copyright Weibo Image caption Wu Yongning posted videos of his climbs to Chinese social platform Weibo A family member was quoted as saying he participated in a "rooftopping" challenge with 100,000 yuan (11,300 pounds) on gambling in prize money, although the nature of the competition and its sponsor was unclear. "He planned to propose to his girlfriend (the day after the challenge)," South China Morning Post quoted his step-uncle as saying. "He needed money for the wedding and medical treatment for his sick mother." At Weibo, friends and fans had a mixed reaction to the news. Fellow takoper Charlie_7U posted a photo taken with Mr. Wu, saying, "He went a little above the top, always trying things that are beyond his ability". "I've even saved him once... we stopped playing together," he added. Another user asked, "Why would you seek attention in such a dangerous way, just for your fans? "I was speechless when I learned that you did all that to pay for your sick mother's hospital care. You are one of those people in this world, you will do anything for your loved ones, absolutely anything." Roofing trends are popular worldwide in highly developed cities. Despite safety concerns, many climbers insist that the use of safety equipment belittles experience. "The moment you start wearing security equipment is the moment you have doubts and when you have doubts, that's when things can go wrong," British climber James Kington told the BBC last year. "It completely changes the way you look at things. You see everything as an opportunity rather than walls that limit you." A famous Chinese “rooftopper” fell to his death from a skyscraper in a daring £11,000 challenge when he tried to use his fame to help his family lift himself out of poverty, the media reported. Wu Yongning, 26, fell from the top of the 62-story Huayuan Hua Centre in the central city of Changsha, apparently as he tried scoop 100,000 yuan (11,200 pounds) for a clip promoting an unnamed sponsor, reports say. The former film stuntman had a million followers on the Chinese Internet and was well known for fearlessly climbing high skyscrapers without any security equipment. More than 300 videos of him tip-toeing on scaffolding or doing pull-ups that he hung from the side of huge buildings were widely shared by his fans. But his story of Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, silenced a month ago after he claimed to have tried Changsha the skyscraper. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk>
– Han var känd på sociala medier, sedan tystnade han. Nu har Wu Yongnings fans fått reda på varför han slutade publicera sig i november. BBC rapporterar att den kinesiska våghalsen, känd för att ha lagt upp videor av sig själv på toppen av höga byggnader som skalats utan säkerhetsanordningar, bekräftas ha dött i ett fall från en 62-vånings byggnad i Changsha den 8 november. The South China Morning Post beskriver 26-åringens livsavslutsstunt som en något osjälvisk handling, säger Wu höll på att genomföra "rooftopping" utmaningen i hopp om att vinna $ 15.000 i prispengar för att betala för sin sjuka mammas medicinska behandling, och även att finansiera ett bröllop med en kvinna som hans styvfarsa säger att han planerade att fria till efter utmaningen var klar. Telegrafens förklaring till pengarna är att Wu, som hade 1 miljon anhängare, försökte säkra den genom att filma sig själv för att marknadsföra en ospecificerad sponsor. Shanghaiisten rapporterar att byggnaden var 86 meter hög. Telegrafen beskriver de mer än 300 videor han lagt upp som visar magvändande bedrifter som att han gör pull-ups från förrädiska höjder. Enligt tidningen Daily Mail visar videon Wu när han gör pull-ups ovanpå Huayuan International Centre och sedan faller. Han sägs ha sjunkit 45 meter till en terrass där en fönsterputsare senare upptäckte hans kropp. The Telegraph citerar ett inlägg från sin flickvän gjort fredag: "Idag är den 8 december. Det får mig att tänka på den 8 november, dagen du lämnade oss och lämnade denna värld." (En våghals som gjorde det otänkbara på Everest miste också livet i november.)
“He was known on social media, then he silenced. Now Wu Yongning's fans have found out why he stopped publishing in November. The BBC reports that the Chinese daredevil, known for posting videos of himself on top of tall buildings scaled without security devices, is confirmed to have died in one case from a 62-story building in Changsha on 8 November. The South China Morning Post describes the 26-year-old's life-ending stunt as a somewhat selfless act, says Wu was undertaking the "rooftopping" challenge in hopes of winning the $15,000 prize money to pay for his sick mother's medical treatment, and also to fund a wedding with a woman that his stepfather says he planned to propose after the challenge was completed. The telegraph's explanation for the money is that Wu, who had 1 million followers, tried to secure it by filming himself to promote an unspecified sponsor. The Shanghaiist reports that the building was 86 meters high. The telegraph describes the more than 300 videos he posted showing stomach-turning feats as making pull-ups from treacherous heights. According to Daily Mail, the video shows Wu as he makes pull-ups on top of Huayuan International Centre and then falls. He is said to have sunk 45 meters to a terrace where a window cleaner later discovered his body. The Telegraph quotes a post from his girlfriend made Friday: "Today is December 8. It makes me think of November 8, the day you left us and left this world." (A daredevil who did the unthinkable on Everest also lost his life in November.)