Don't Look Down C4

[bisjo]

Heavens. If ds did this I'd get him locked up!

I wouldn't want to see it...

I couldn't watch the trailer for it - it gave me vertigo.

Is he her only child?

Off to LA again

Made me laugh when they climbed up that one in Kiev and said what a fearsome and dangerous climb it was, how people were scared to do it. Then got to the top and it was covered in graffiti

sadly he reminded me too much of DS... disengaged from education, hiding in his room, no real friends

Yes, reminded me of my DS too. Wonder if he had been screened for ASD? The lack of empathy and difficulty with eye contact was apparent.

Wonder where he will end up life. He could be an olympic level gymnast or something similar if only he could engage with the real world. It is quite sad really.

I said the same, totally agree. The bit where they were on the Moscow Bridge smacked of a little boy trying to outdo the other. And it seemed like it was a drug to him, the climbing. So what happens when he doesn't get "high" from 'just' climbing a 200m crane with no safety equipment...

Next challenge and next etc. I agree. He hasn't even been doing this for that long really. What's next?

I watched the whole thing with sweaty palms and pins and needles feet.

I hope, if he insists on continuing with this, then he works alone. The Ukranian bloke came across as a bit unhinged and that, consequently, was making James take risks he wouldn't normally.

he did come across as a bit of an indulged middle-class boy. He doesn't appear to work but has plenty of money to fun trips to America etc

His poor mother. I did wonder about asd but wasn't sure (ds has autism so I'm usually able to spot it in others) I hope he does stay safe and finds a less extreme way of expressing himself. I just couldn't see him in a regular job.

No, I agree, could never see him in an office! But he could do so much couldn't he.

I have to say I agree re the indulged middle-class boy, I said that last night too. The mum didn't seem too assertive either, particularly when she was talking about his childhood and when he stopped going to school. Maybe the lack of a strong male role model too - didn't they say the dad hadn't been involved?

Does anyone else think it smacked a bit of attention-seeking?
(or am I just horrid and judgey?)

If (as it seemed) he doesn't work then surely his parents could put an end to the more extreme climbing by not providing the money for such overseas trips. There wasn't an awful lot he could get up to here as more stringent laws. She could have tried a lot more to stop his hobby in my opinion.

To be fair we don't know where he gets his money from, we're just assuming it's from his mum. Maybe he had a massive inheritance somewhere down the line. Also we don't know how many conversations she's had with him about stopping.

This guy is really different!!