'Selfie' photo reaches dizzying heights at KL Tower
Ian Johan Ariff
May 20, 2015 10:38 MYT
May 20, 2015 10:38 MYT
They are professionals who do whatever maintenance work at high altitude, including the Kuala Lumpur Tower, which located 420m from the sea level. - Photos from Ropequest Sdn Bhd Facebook
For the fainthearted, do not try ever try to take a selfie photo of yourself like this. A group of maintenance workers did when they boldly attempted one from the top of the Kuala Lumpur Tower.
In case you're wondering, these bunch of daredevils are professionals who do maintenance work at high altitude around the country.
The photo of the selfie had gone viral not only because of the image had captured the scenic beauty of the cosmopolitan city of Kuala Lumpur -- its lush greenery and its skycrapers -- but also the fact that the photo was taken at a dizzying height of 420-metres above sea level!
According to Shamsul Idzwan Shamsuddin, an employee of Ropequest Sdn Bhd, the job entails him to cling on to to a rope, as he makes his ascent to clean the city's skyscrapers.
"We use our jobs by using ropes. When these photos were taken, we were executing the 'traffic light' maintenance which uses a signal to the airplane or helicopter nearby as a caution to avoid this building," said Shamsul.
Scary enough, people? These guys took their routine maintenance work a few notches higher as they took a selfie photo of themselves at the peak of the KL Tower. - Photo from Ropequest Sdn Bhd Facebook
Even Ropequest is Currently based in Johor Bahru, Ropequest also does maintenance jobs for other tall buildngs including the Kuala Lumpur City Center (KLCC), the UMNO Building in Penang and the Desaru Bridge in Johor.