A British free climber has scaled 72 floors of the world's fifth-tallest skyscraper in Seoul with only his bare hands, prompting authorities to detain him.<br /><br />George King-Thompson, 24, has previously been jailed for climbing the 1,016ft Shard skyscraper in London.<br /><br />The climber got more than halfway up the 1,820ft Lotte World Tower on Monday, 12 June.<br /><br />More than 90 emergency, police and other personnel were dispatched to the 123-storey building.<br /><br />According to a statement shared by Mr King-Thompson's sponsor, vape brand Riot E-liquid, he planned to parachute off the top of the building, then evade police and escape the country by plane.
