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Keep up to dateBalanced precariously on a single board atop a five-storey building, this Austrian builder is just one wobble away from a very nasty end
John Hopkins, who took this snap in Graz, Austria, regrets only that he didn't get his camera out faster. “At one time there were two men walking along the plank on the ridge with a bucket of mortar in each hand!” he exclaims.
Clearly at least these Greeks are utterly fearless – even gravity holds no terrors
So, the ladder's too short - just put it on the bin. Hmm, that's got wheels - no problem, just wedge a pallet against it and weigh that down with a barrel…
This chap looks remarkably chilled, given that he's atop the roof ridge of a three-storey house with no visible means of support
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