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“I don’t ignore that feeling, I just embrace it and keep going. Then I get into a flow state. Not too nervous and not too comfortable — just right,” he says.

“I’m still scared of heights, really. It never gets old. It’s still scary but, the thing is, you don’t have to let your fears stop you from doing something you really want to do.”

Calgary police — who are aware of the footage and are not pleased — don’t necessarily agree.

“It’s a rather foolish thing to do,” Acting Det. Jack Russel told the Herald on Thursday. “I believe the investigators would like to speak with him to clarify some points and maybe give him some good advice.”

The 20-year-old has been climbing buildings, bridges and construction cranes in a number of Canadian cities for the past couple of years, but a recent move to Calgary has him looking for opportunities to pursue his passion locally.

McGuire says it takes a couple of hours to scale a crane. He prefers to go in the early morning or evening when nobody is around — as much to ensure he isn’t interrupted as it is for the peaceful views — and he takes his time scaling the structure, taking in the views and taking photos before carefully making his way back down again.

He says he doesn’t do it for the adrenalin rush — though he acknowledges that’s part of it — rather that he relishes the feeling that washes over him afterwards, when the climb is finished and he’s physically spent from the effort: