Russian climbers Ivan Beerkus & Angela Nikolau.
I think the world is bored. Gone are the simpler days when people got proposed to in the backyard, at their favourite restaurant, on a hike, or somewhere mildly sensible where emergency services are not silently pre-booked in advance.
No, we are now in the era where love has to come with altitude sickness, legal consequences, and a possible prison sentence.
Russian rooftop climbers Angela Nikolau, 33, and Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, allegedly scaled the transmission spire of the Empire State Building on Wednesday, July 1, reaching a dizzying height of roughly 443 metres above ground.
Because apparently, ground-level romance just does not hit the same.
