Updated May 11th, 2020 at 20:11 IST
Karnataka's 'Monkey Man' scales tall fort without a harness; see the incredible pics
Karnataka's famous "Money Man" aka Jyoti Raj achieved yet another milestone after he successfully scaled the high walls of the Chitradurga fort with harness
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Karnataka's famous "Monkey Man" achieved yet another milestone as he successfully managed to scale the wall of the Chitradurga fort, Karnataka without using a safety harness. Popularly known as "Monkey Man" or "Kothi Raju", Jyoti Raju is a self-taught solo climber whose ability to climb high walls without any support or safety measure earned him these tags. Raju became very famous on social media recently after he scaled the Chitradurga Fort, situated in Karnataka with his bare hands.
— Salma Fahim (@SalmaFahimIAS)
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Karnataka’s 'Monkey Man' climbs the Chitradurga Fort
Jyoti Raju, also popularly known as Karnataka's "Money Man" has several records on his name and is a believer in breaking his own records. After scaling a 26-storied building, Raju recently scaled the high wall of Chitradurga Fort, which went viral on social media. On Sunday, IAS Officer, Salma Fahim took to Twitter to share the video of "Monkey Man" which left Twitterati amused.
The video was filmed back in January and shows Raju climbing the Fort with his bare hands. He also stopped mid-way to perform a stunt that garnered him loads of applause from the viewers. In his tweet, Salma Fahim also revealed that Raju dreams of scaling the Angel Falls, located in Venezuela.
Had met 'Karnataka's spiderman' aka Monkey Man at Chitradurga Fort this Jan. He is a self taught rock climber who climbs without any support or props. He dreams of scaling the Angel Falls in Venezuela someday. As they say "Follow your dreams, they know the way". pic.twitter.com/XKMaxEjVYC
— Salma Fahim (@SalmaFahimIAS)
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Soon after the video started making rounds on the internet, Twitterati expressed their amusement in the comment section of the tweet. A lot of users also requested the government of Karnataka to acknowledge his talent and facilitate him with funds or anything that can help him explore his talent. Read some of the comments below:
Have seen him live climbing the rock here at Chitradurga fort few yrs back.. Marvelous skills, should get govt support & help!
— Bharathi M Kumar (@BharathiKumar4)
Anyone could explain that how he managed to beat gravity ??
— Aditya Chaudhary (@IamAaaditya)
I guessing he was climbing with bare hands and normal shoes.
I had met him during May 2010 along with my Brother who was working in Don Bosco,Chitradurga..Such a talented person..
— Lourduraj D (@LourdurajD)
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Published May 11th, 2020 at 20:11 IST