Joe Rogan Experience #849 — James Kingston Transcript

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0:00 on right yeah and we're live you gotta put that put that thing down wait i want you to focus And my brain is doing so many different things at one time. Climbing in the Ukraine. I wouldn't say I out-Russianed them, but... This one, I think it was like just over 200 meters. Oh my God, he's standing on the edge here. They have little classes for little kids now. They yeah it's really cool yeah break their arms and about

3:06 I think the – Now, how do you do this and not get hurt? me out there's one big legs you know i'm six foot three i can jump i know but there's a lot of people And then you'll realize that you can now jump five foot Yeah, how far can like a long jumper jump? The one that you posted. And you've got a ledge that's maybe like a foot You started doing the height stuff?

6:06 between those probably like 10 foot 12 foot maybe it does not seem like but because it's because There's no way he can make it. have a gopro on yeah is above it's past the center line of like that that beam that you're standing but how mellow and calm he is about it. yeah yeah it says he fell but unless he just falls i'm sure he pulls it out right there at the end

8:16 He just loves to do that. worry about that when you're doing these crazy jumps no not at all i mean it's in my mind like like maybe jumping to something that i i'm not able to check first right but it doesn't happen i released my first like crane climb video that that blew up and went super viral and that was I don't know. know every week and goes like organized fights just like street fights and just beats the the

11:38 Wow. there to people like that so how do you make contact with these guys do you speak ukraine for you to become famous for being like this crazy risk taker um i wouldn't say i'm like super famous Yeah. like fucking contort and i go oh what the fuck is he doing yeah i don't you know i don't have any You're climbing over some water. Oh, wow. Oh, you fuck.

14:28 question is like who's filming you right now so my friend simon is up there with me and another and makes it seem a lot worse than what it actually is and then you do before and you kind of, naturally your brain kind of hypes it up and makes it seem Well, you're hanging on to. At all. No? yeah i uh we had this thing on fear factor where people had to hold on to a bar And hang over like a river

16:14 They would be able to hang on for a couple minutes Yeah editing and emails and just like boring stuff that people don't see administrative duties exactly yeah it has to be done but it just works the same as any other You have an agent or a manager? Can you walk on your hands on top with the Russians? Oh, yes. possibility that that could happen even though they don't want it to happen that accentuates

18:56 I mean, I hate watching people die. pushing the boundaries and you're like huh no i literally have no interest in beating other people Yeah, it's rough. I can't. people are crazy look my hands are so russian wet russian yeah they're different folk right yeah thing about YouTube is it's like It's very strange, right? It's a completely new world that I don't think anybody anticipated

21:37 How often can you do that kind of stuff? weather there is just like Sticky shit? Yeah, spray some shit on your hands, make some sticky. then i mean like um when they start to like get sore and blister if i use chalk i don't get that Like, when I used to play pool, I always found it really hard to use a pool cue that doesn't have a wrap on it. It's not good.

24:17 Isn't that like liquid chalk? I bet it's the same thing. Yeah. Not for me to say. No qualifications, nothing. What are we in now? Right away? So what did she say to you when she saw that besides hitting you? if the owner of the property I'm sorry I interrupted you. try to kind of tell me off So this is the tallest thing I've ever climbed, right? and then he's in his little room doing his cranny stuff and so you're still climbing even though you

29:10 were you worried about being arrested? and everything for a few hours. and tell you don't come back? What in the fuck, dude? been there for two years i think the driver said said. And it was just coated in, like, grease and dust and the air. James, James, James, James, James. So you get get up to the top please tell me you don't hang from the in case a fucking plane hits it that's how high you are

32:14 so I'm like how the hell am I going to get into this place like cool situations man some really fun stuff and then i get to the bottom of the crane so the idea is i get to the stairs and stairs and stairs that's crazy that you there at 3.30 and everybody's just showing up for work too. About some of the more unscrupulous builders out there. I think I've seen it.

34:16 It is. it's like so much bigger. But they're building a bigger one? 690 foot high Dubai Eye will be the world's largest Ferris wheel upon completion in 2015, it says. was here and i went i think two years ago and yeah i was like you'd be like whoo space moon They just closed it or about to. They're fun, yeah. There's an adult version out here. Well, they're more adult oriented, but they have a bunch of kids rides there too.

36:51 It's more like high school age and up versus Disneyland is really fun for little kids. But just thinking to a guy like you, Scares me a bit. No? you know, Right. show hmm well doing what like what would you do do crazy shit well the idea at the moment You might have to shoot it on your own and sell it to somebody. Like if I was there and I filmed it?

39:18 Yeah. And you just cut to commercial. were doing something for a production company do you think they would want to include all that stuff um but she got wedged in a rock her boat capsized wedge and i think she died like i've i've been in situations there was one building in ukraine where i'm sat it's like i it's possible like if i was doing a video in here of me hanging from a chin-up bar that's only a

42:38 jesus son this is that moment yeah so you're standing up there looking at him. So I'm just looking down on him. You fucker. No idea that we're there. You'd end up with chalky hands, but it was a purpley kind of color. not thinking like okay i've just released this so now i need to do something bigger like it's just how it is so it just happens but right but i'm not thinking about it i'm not thinking like okay i've just released this so now i need to do something bigger like it's just there

44:29 So I was in Denmark just traveling around with a bunch of friends. certain people it's just uh it's just in them to kind of explore places you shouldn't really Yeah. But what I'm really most fascinated by is this willingness to put your life in mortal danger. the alpha tower so you can take the lift up right you can you can walk you can take the stairs to

47:06 corners of the tower in the main beams there's like kind of like a little pocket inside the beam And they're searching for us. It's only on two sides of the tower, which is strange. I barely fit in. Where you tucked in. for like two hours at least two hours where they're going up and down it goes quiet so i jump light the whole fucking tower up. that was it so i jumped out had a look around went and got stevie and then it was ours again

50:31 the second platform and then just drop into the second platform and just merge in with like the They're like, what the heck's going on? that i had on me how'd you do that three cameras up your butt no no it was an option that is the only option yeah i haven't had to do in the back padding of the bag so i just threw the cf card in the back of the bag and it just

53:06 I was like, I only filmed on my phone because my cameras died Filming, talking to the camera and like filming the people looking So another eight hours. Yeah, I think by the time it gets to the ground, and doesn't hit anybody in the head. it yeah so you come down and then another eight hours of detention yeah and what do they do to you nothing and we've just found hours and hours of footage like what's the deal so i was like fuck

55:37 And then we just lost it. Nothing at all. They must like it. Wow. And I just laughed. But who's going to say? Fucking Europeans. Get in the hole. They'd throw dogs in there with you. You'd be in jail forever. If it was America, they'd put you right in Guantanamo Bay. Get in there. Get in the hole. Is it the one? looked down so i had like a rental mustang and i parked the mustang in the site like on the top of

58:25 cops over here to be like is they just shoot people that's like what we're told you know Yeah. He took my passport. from where he's working. Nothing? and maybe even, like, target you? It seems to be getting easier. I always make it clear that what I'm doing is just, Yours might be badminton or like something ping pong. who absolutely knows how to do that.

1:01:44 well, what are you supposed to do? You put them up a crane and they'll shit themselves, yeah? Yeah. yes that fuck yeah russia Russia. That's Russia. He's hanging upside down and he's extending his legs. well how many people have died from this place must be a few oh my god look at Look at my hands. Yeah. I mean, that is some serious fucking strength.

1:05:26 got to him and he fell off and he died yeah 16 stories i think and this is recent a couple years It just takes a very small percentage of people yeah strange so 10 more years of this i don't know i don't know you're not thinking about the of school boy at Russia. I think I've seen this, films and it's like both of my passions just work hand in hand i've got the parkour and the climbing

1:08:09 It's an amazing car, yeah. That's a beautiful car. Yeah. I used to have a turbocharged car before the V8 M3, and I missed all the little hisses I saw the Tesla numbers the other day, Jamie. They just updated them this week, too. Elon Musk, man. He's probably. Stop lying. They release them in limited numbers. Yeah, but it is on skinny tires. Now they're all those paddle shifts, which is, they're really fun, but it's just not as fun.

1:11:23 All the American cars do it, like Corvettes. But those are, because it's so, in creating something keep on keeping on. Yeah, you'd be surprised how many people are like you don't deserve this oh fuck those people you're risking your goddamn life what you do is you get arrested in a foreign country is this hong kong oh jesus high-rise hong kong this guy's

1:13:53 Jet radar flight search engine. I'm going to contact a flight company and a hotel company and see if I can get them to give me both for a video. yeah that's the deal if you uh oh my god this is so bananas. He's got his gloves. Oh, he's got gloves on. You think he's a pussy for wearing gloves? Yeah. How does he learn how to land? I think this guy smashes his head.

1:15:58 i'm gonna say a prayer you hear that i'm ready Smash. He's got strong bones. How's that? land and you just slam your hands into the ground as well spread out the impact as best you can Really? you do it now not so much i used to do it a lot like i used to go out every day and train all day It's true. I'm glad we did. You just assume. It's a weird thing to do.

1:19:29 Hollywood sign. Do people know about it? Yeah. Photography and stuff? I can't write a book. you man just be careful out there thanks bud james kingston ladies and gentlemen what is your uh man.