THIS is the heart-stopping moment two idiots climb a 784ft skyscraper near Canary Wharf without safety rope, risking plunging to their deaths.

Syed Bukhari, 21, and Owen Reece, 18, scaled the Landmark Pinnacle building, a building site which is protected by an electric security fence, in a bid for YouTube fame.

The pair risked life and limb climbing up one of London's tallest buildings, as one slip would have spelled certain death.

They hopped the electric security fence and climbed up 75 flights of stairs before walking out to the end of a crane on Saturday afternoon.

Rainy conditions before they made their climb added to the danger of the challenge, as they could easily have slipped.

After a 20 minute walk the pair can be seen balancing on the end of a crane with their arms in the air, while taking in the view of the City of London.

But had they fallen, the boys could have put the security guards' jobs in jeopardy, as they waited for workers to leave the area before scaling the building.

They made the foolishly risky journey in order to film it and post the video to YouTube – but the life-threatening stunt was viewed fewer than 500 times on the site.

People might slate us for doing it but I would just say to them 'you only live once'

Syed, who runs dozens of similar urban explorer videos on YouTube channel SyedSB TV, said: "We chose that one because it's one of the tallest buildings in London.

"The hardest thing is climbing up as your hands start to become tired.

"We stayed up there for an hour taking pictures as the view is one of the best things about doing it.

"People might slate us for doing it but I would just say to them 'you only live once'.

"We're not playing another person's life, only ours.

"We don't want to be restrained and only do things ordinary people can do. We want to push ourselves.

"Anyone who does this sort of thing knows the risks so we know what we are getting ourselves into."

Because it was rainy there were times when I thought 'Yo this is sketchy to get down'

Owen said: "We were there for a few hours waiting for the workers to go home.

"Because it was rainy there were times when I thought 'Yo this is sketchy to get down'.

"But we had to focus.

"I don't really get nervous as I've been doing this for three years.

"We don't really joke about.

"When we got to the top the view was incredible.

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"We could see the whole of London.

"We could see so much the landscape started to look a bit round.

"I'd love to do something like the Eiffel Tower but we've got a few more in the pipeline."

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