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Teen Illegally Scales Egypt's Great Pyramid
Newser ^ | Arden Dier,

Posted on 01/31/2016 7:51:54 AM PST by BenLurkin

Though climbing the oldest and largest of the three pyramids could result in a three-year jail term, or something far worse if he lost his footing, "I thought the photos would be worth it," Ciesielski says, per the Telegraph. Armed with a GoPro camera, "I just started climbing." He took the first few steps quickly "so nobody would follow me and take me down," he tells Business Insider. It wasn't until he was about halfway up the 455-foot structure that police finally spotted him.

Ciesielski kept climbing and reached the top in about eight minutes. Spectacular images on his blog show the surrounding pyramids and ancient dwellings.... Ciesielski took his time with his descent for safety reasons and was back on the ground in about 20 minutes, he writes. He was then taken into police custody... Officers declined to press charges on the condition that they delete all photographic evidence of his climb. Unbeknownst to police, Ciesielski had software that allowed him to recover the deleted images...."I didn't destroy anything. I didn't hurt anyone."

(Excerpt) Read more at newser.com ...


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: 4thdynasty; andrejciesielski; ardendier; cairo; camel; climbingpyramid; egypt; giza; godsgravesglyphs; gopro; greatpyramid; khufu; newser; oldkingdom; pyramid; teen
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To: Hulka

Yeah, that must be awesome.

What is that metal structure on top? Aircraft warning lights?


21 posted on 01/31/2016 8:23:57 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Larry Lucido

Carson vindicated!!!


22 posted on 01/31/2016 8:24:58 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: BenLurkin

looks dangerous


23 posted on 01/31/2016 8:27:37 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: IMR 4350


24 posted on 01/31/2016 8:31:02 AM PST by Carriage Hill
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To: Fresh Wind

Lightening rod and aircraft warning lights back in the mid to late 90’s.


25 posted on 01/31/2016 8:34:55 AM PST by Hulka
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To: Larry Lucido

That reminds me of Colon Blow.


26 posted on 01/31/2016 8:38:54 AM PST by sportutegrl
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To: IMR 4350

The Russians who climbed all of the super tall buildings in Dubai and Shanghai, etc. climbed them at dusk and then stayed there until night, which is a much better plan.


27 posted on 01/31/2016 8:40:59 AM PST by struggle
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To: Larry Lucido; sportutegrl

Now THAT'S a pyramid!


28 posted on 01/31/2016 8:42:10 AM PST by struggle
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To: BenLurkin

DId anyone else notice in the video when climbing the modern day brick? 0:53


29 posted on 01/31/2016 8:43:05 AM PST by PJBankard (It is the spirit of the men who leads that gains the victory. - Gen. George Patton)
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder what music he couldn’t live without, while admiring the view from the top of the pyramid.


30 posted on 01/31/2016 8:44:37 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Government employees are the single most important Democrat interest group."~Kevin Williamson)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I once read were a guy said climbing up the pyramid isn’t a problem but climbing back down is.


The Aztecs solved that problem.

>>>

LOL good one!


31 posted on 01/31/2016 8:48:23 AM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: BenLurkin

Wow


32 posted on 01/31/2016 8:48:51 AM PST by gaijin
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To: laplata

So, if building the pyramids was so difficult (and I admit it was!) that aliens had to help the ancient Egyptians and the slaves ... How come it was so easy for later Egyptians to climb the bloody things and take the dressed cover rocks and stone back DOWN the pyramid to use on other buildings?

Surely it’s simpler to cut rock and drag it exactly to where its needed rather than climb a steep pyramid and pull down huge stones - cut already, but not cut to the right shape for anything other than a “pyramid top”! - to another location and put them back into another wall.


33 posted on 01/31/2016 8:55:30 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: struggle

One of the most talented funniest SNL alumni.
Good rest Phil Hartman.
Very much missed.


34 posted on 01/31/2016 8:57:52 AM PST by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: r_barton

His mummy won’t be happy about this.


35 posted on 01/31/2016 9:07:58 AM PST by LydiaLong
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To: LydiaLong

It’s not like he broke off Tut’s golden mask beard and glued it back on with SuperGlue, like the Cairo Museum staff did. ;-)


36 posted on 01/31/2016 9:10:53 AM PST by r_barton (We the People of the United States...)
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To: Leaning Right

See my website for details on the government cover-up and how this explains the JFK assassination and Hillary’s email pyramid scheme.
Funny how you make no mention of the Illuminati’s central role in all this. Kind of makes me wonder if you’re not really an Illuminati Master.

And you both forgot Ted Cruz’s use of his wife Heidi to rule the world through Goldman Sachs.


37 posted on 01/31/2016 9:34:01 AM PST by DaxtonBrown (ANOTHER)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

So, if building the pyramids was so difficult (and I admit it was!) that aliens had to help the ancient Egyptians and the slaves ... How come it was so easy for later Egyptians to climb the bloody things and take the dressed cover rocks and stone back DOWN the pyramid to use on other buildings?

Surely it’s simpler to cut rock and drag it exactly to where its needed rather than climb a steep pyramid and pull down huge stones - cut already, but not cut to the right shape for anything other than a “pyramid top”! - to another location and put them back into another wall.


I think you meant to address this to someone else.


38 posted on 01/31/2016 9:36:22 AM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: BenLurkin

That’s some pretty good air pollution.


39 posted on 01/31/2016 9:43:09 AM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Kirkwood

The people living there now are not the same people that built the pyramids. They wouldn’t have the Aswan dam had foreigners not come in and built it for them.


40 posted on 01/31/2016 9:44:36 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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