No Fear

Hidden Cities: Travels to the Secret Corners of the World's Great Metropolises by Moses Gates

Moses Gates is the kind of guy, who after a few shots of hard liquor (indeed he recommends it for his adventures), decides to go and climb the Brooklyn Bridge. And if he can convince the pretty girl in the bar to accompany him, the two of them can make out on the top of the bridge.

Mr. Gates does not limit his climbing adventures to New York City and its bridges and the Chrysler Building. He has climbed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and been arrested for it.

Mr. Gates does not limit his adventures to the sky, he also has explored the Sewers of Paris and Moscow and ventured down a subway track or two in NYC.

Below ground or Above, Way Above, Ground; heights or narrow subterranean tunnels; Mr. Gates has no Fear. But he is human and he does have fear, he just doesn't explore it in his book.

If you have always wanted to take up this sort of thing, Mr. Gates has some good suggestions on how to do it. His book is a quick and thrilling read, like his adventures, with only a few rest stops for autobiographical details and love life failures that never really explain why a perfectly ordinary guy would do this sort of thing. Well, liquor is the reason for that. That is what I understood from his book.