Thrill seeking rooftopper photographs Dubai's towering skyscrapers

Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.

Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
A thrill seeking photographer reached new heights after scaling what will be the world's tallest residential skyscraper. Malaysian daredevil Keow Wee Loong captured these breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape on the first day of the Eid festive season. Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media
Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
Keow and two friends climbed the uncompleted 425metre Marina 101 tower in Dubai's Marina Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media
Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
One of the rooftoopers scales the scaffolding hundreds of metres above Dubai... Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media
Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
...and suspends himself from the scaffolding like a flag Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media
Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
The three friends take an extreme selfie in front of the stunning backdrop of Dubai Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media
Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
Keow Wee Loong was originally going to scale the Cayan Tower in Dubai Marina, but changed his mind because of soaring temperatures. Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media
Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
The 26-year-old said: “The weather is just too hot in Dubai for me to climb the structure during summer, it’s 44c, so the steel on the outer structure is just too hot. So I had a plan B which was the Marina 101 tower- the 2nd tallest building in Dubai." Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media
Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
“It was the first day of the Eid festive season and I had two Malaysian muslim friends working in Dubai celebrating alone- so I just called them up and asked them if they wanted to join me for this climb." Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media
Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
“It is not good to leave my friends alone during the festive season as their family is 4000km away.” Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media
Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
Keow and his two accomplices evaded security as they scaled the towering structure, which is due for completion later this year Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media
Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
The Marina 101 stands in Dubai Marina and is set to become the world’s tallest residential building. A hotel will occupy the first 33 floors of the tower, which will sit below some of the country's most expensive penthouses. Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media
Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
The photographer continued: “It took us 50 minutes to get from the ground to the tip of the roof of the 101 storey building." Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media
Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
"The temperature on the outside was 44c, and inside the steel and cement structure the heat increased up to 60c." Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media
Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
"All the doors and windows were shut and we had difficulty breathing in the extreme conditions as we were running up the stairs evading security.” Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media
Malaysian daredevil rooftopper Keow Wee Loong captures breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape, when he climbed the uncompleted Marina 101 with two friends.
Keow has also scaled the Shanghai Tower in Pudong, and the Ping An Financial Centre in Shenzhen, China Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media Credit: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media