Teens go sky high climbing the Golden Gate Bridge and its all on video

Two teens, who dodged security to stage a night climb of the Golden Gate Bridge, have triggered a social media frenzy of their high-wire antics.

Peter Teatime and his friend Tommy Rector eluded the bridge’s security systems and climbed the 746 foot-tall structure with no safety equipment last month. Video of them scaling the bridge, was uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday.

He told our San Francisco CBS affiliate, KPIX, that it took about 10 minutes to climb to the top of one of the bridge’s famous towers.

“We did it about a month ago, at the beginning of April,” he said. “There was not a lot of thinking — there’s the bridge, let’s do it.”

Teatime said his passion is exploring and gaining new experiences.

“One of my main passions is exploration like climbing, exploring, going to new places I have never been,” he said. “The Golden Gate Bridge is the most famous, is one of the tallest of its kind. So we had to give it a shot.”

Teatime said he didn’t want to give out too much information about how he got by security. It’s illegal and trespassing to gain access to the bridge’s superstructure.

“I don’t want to say too much about how we got passed security,” he said. “In case anyone bad or with bad intentions wants to try this. I will say security is really tough. It’s really tight. They have motion detectors, cameras. I have a lot of experience with stuff like this so I was able to get around and get on the cables.”

During the video, the pair hung from one of the giant cables, did somersaults on it and balanced on one leg.
Teatime said the video has gotten mixed reactions from those who watched it.

“All my friends and fellow climbers say it’s awesome — ‘Dude that is so sick,'” he said. “I always get hate from the general public.”

Golden Gate Bridge officials have not issued a comment about the video.