YouTuber slammed by hotel company after he filmed himself 'lift surfing' | SWNS

A YouTuber has been slammed by a hotel company after he dangerously filmed himself riding inside an elevator shaft in a shocking online video.

Video uploaded to the site by a user known only as Ryegi, 22, shows him on top of the lift, travelling towards the bottom of the building in a craze known as 'lift surfing'.

In the background, you can then hear the lift say 'doors closing' and then announce that the lift will be travelling back up.

Footage then shows Ryegi dangerously travel up to the top of the three-storey hotel building, that is estimated to be around 40ft (12m) tall.

He then videos himself actually in the lift exciting the Travelodge in Morecambe, Lancs., before showing a cut on his finger that was from his finger getting trapped.

Ryegi, who has been lift surfing since the age of 12, says he finds it 'fun and thrilling' but also sometimes worries about getting crushed by the lift.

He said: "I enjoy seeing all of the machinery working in the lift shaft as I am interested in lifts, but I also find it fun and thrilling on the high speed lifts such as Manchester and Landmark Pinnacle.

"Falling is less likely but still a risk. The main thing I sometimes worry about is getting crushed, which I recently came very close to.

"I reiterate the dangers of lift surfing on all my YouTube videos.

"It’s important to be aware of all of the potential risks to be able to manage them."

Lift surfing is an activity that involves riding on top of lifts, and sometimes it may include jumping between moving lifts.

In 1997, a 10 year old boy from Leeds, West Yorks,. died after he fell 100ft (30 metres) while lift surfing in the dark.

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