British daredevil dangles from the rafters of the 262ft San Siro stadium in Milan [Video]

This is the jaw-dropping moment a British thrill seeker dangled from the rafters of the 262ft-high San Siro stadium in Milan without any safety gear to stop him falling.

Adrenaline junkie Adam Lockwood, 20, filmed himself dangling above the seats after scaling his way to the top of the sports ground, home to both AC Milan and Inter Milan, on Tuesday.  

In his footage he shows no fear as he risks his life hanging from the metal girders at dizzying heights, using only his arms to pull himself back up.

Adam said: ‘I just enjoy looking down and seeing my whole body suspended above whatever it is I’m hanging from.

Adrenaline junkie Adam Lockwood, 20, filmed himself dangling above the concrete concourse after scaling his way to the top of the sports ground, home to AC Milan, on Tuesday

Adam Lockwood climbing and hanging from the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy

Adam Lockwood climbing and hanging from the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy

He shows no fear as he risks his life hanging from metal bars at dizzying heights, using only his arms to pull himself back up

He shows no fear as he risks his life hanging from metal bars at dizzying heights, using only his arms to pull himself back up

‘The only problem with this was the bars were covered in thick dust which made it a little slippery, but nothing bad.

‘Free climbing for me is a chance to prove myself, to myself, not to anyone else, only myself, a chance to have my body and my mind working perfectly together.

‘I feel some emotions that I can’t get with anything else, it’s an unbelievable feeling and every time a climb gets harder the feelings get greater.’

Adam, from Manchester, has enjoyed climbing since he was a child and began free climbing buildings and structures as a teenager.

His past stunts have included hanging from the arm of a 600ft construction crane in Benidorm, while completely naked.

Adam, from Manchester, has enjoyed climbing since he was a child and began free climbing buildings and structures as a teenager

Adam, from Manchester, has enjoyed climbing since he was a child and began free climbing buildings and structures as a teenager

Pictured is the exterior of the stadium where both AC Milan and Inter Milan play their football matches

Pictured is the exterior of the stadium where both AC Milan and Inter Milan play their football matches 

The climber often trespasses to gain access to such dangerous locations including the 472ft high Torre Agbar tower in Barcelona, Spain, and the 1,115ft-tall Plomin power station in Croatia.

‘I started climbing around four years ago, slowly making my way up higher things and more difficult things,’ he said.

‘I’ve been having crazy experiences throughout. It’s been my whole life since I was 16 and I don’t want to change that.

‘I went to the San Siro stadium two years ago when I had the idea to hang off the bar,’ he said.

‘When I went back there, I took my last day as an opportunity to do it finally. I didn’t plan it, I just got started when I got there, it was simple.

The climber often trespasses to gain access to such dangerous locations including the 472ft high Torre Agbar tower in Barcelona, Spain, and the 1,115ft-tall Plomin power station in Croatia

The climber often trespasses to gain access to such dangerous locations including the 472ft high Torre Agbar tower in Barcelona, Spain, and the 1,115ft-tall Plomin power station in Croatia

‘I’ve hung off things ten times the height of this, the feeling is the same, nothing much really.’

But despite facing almost certain death if he was to fall, Adam doesn’t believe his actions are dangerous.

He said: ‘I don’t see what I do as dangerous, I think if it were as dangerous as people make out, I would have been injured or killed years ago.

‘It’s the same as driving, accidents happen but that’s usually due to other people.

'I started climbing around four years ago, slowly making my way up higher things and more difficult things,' he said

‘I started climbing around four years ago, slowly making my way up higher things and more difficult things,’ he said

‘When I’m climbing it’s me against me. If I fall, that’s on me, but I never do anything I’m not physically or mentally prepared for and I never will, so I think it’s incredibly safe.

‘I have no fear of heights, since I was a baby I loved climbing things and doing scary stupid stuff, it’s no different now as an adult – or a big kid.’

Adam’s stunts have previously got him into trouble when a court banned him from climbing tall buildings, which he later breached and narrowly escaped jail.

But despite his brush with the law, he refuses to give up his dangerous hobby.

Adam added: ‘I’m just trying to prove to myself that I can do what I set my mind to.

British teenage daredevil Adam Lockwood dangled 600 feet above Benidorm in Spain while totally naked (pictured), in his latest stunt

British teenage daredevil Adam Lockwood dangled 600 feet above Benidorm in Spain while totally naked (pictured), in his latest stunt 

‘What I do is so special to me and I can and will not give that up no matter what laws there are or how dangerous people claim it to be.

‘I am who I am and that’s not going to change with people’s perspective of me.’

In November 2020 he hung naked from the arm of a 600ft crane in Benidorm, Spain.   

A video shows Adam Lockwood scaling a crane in Puteaux, Paris. His jaw-dropping feat gave him a unique bird's eye view of Tour Alto - the tallest building in Paris - and the iconic River Seine

A video shows Adam Lockwood scaling a crane in Puteaux, Paris. His jaw-dropping feat gave him a unique bird’s eye view of Tour Alto – the tallest building in Paris – and the iconic River Seine

In August 2019 he hung from a 650ft crane above Paris, giving him a bird’s eye view of the tallest building in Paris, Tour Alto, and the River Seine. 

And in 2020 he filmed himself doing chin-ups while dangling from the top of one of the tallest power stations in Europe.   

Heart-stopping footage shows Adam clambering to grip the end of a beam high up on the 1,115ft (340m)-tall Plomin power station in Croatia.

The daredevil then dangles – holding on by just one arm – for a few seconds and rotates, while shouting, ‘I’m spinning… look at that drop!’

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