TMZ Sports · Aug 11, 2024
Shirtless Man Climbs Eiffel Tower Hours Before Olympics Closing Ceremony
Rock climbing walls are for wusses .... so says a dude who just scaled the Eiffel Tower ... and the timing of his stunt could not have been worse.Watch the vid ... the man scales the 330-meter tower, making his way over the blue ring of the Olympics logo ... which is temporarily perched on the famed landmark.
The incident went down Sunday afternoon ... just 3 hours before the start of the Olympics closing ceremony, forcing French police to evacuate the area around the Tower.
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It's unclear where the climber kicked off his ascent ... but he was spotted gaining some serious height around the tower's first viewing deck.