Watch as ‘Spider Dan’ free climbs CN Tower in 1986 | CTV NEWS ARCHIVE

Archival footage from June 1986 shows Dan Goodwin, known as 'Spider Dan,' as he climbed the CN Tower without ropes.

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13 comments

  1. 🎵 Spider Dan spider dan 🎵🎵 does whatever a spider can .. 🕸️🕸️🕸️🕸️🕸️🕸️

  2. The kid at 1:18 is probably 8 years old at that time in 86? That’s a 20+ year old in today’s age and time lol

  3. what a great double climb. AS FOR ME ALLMOST 70MILES HR. ON A 5SPEED BIKE- ALMOST 100MILES HR ON A 10SPEED < ON COUNTRY ROADS AN ON ON HILLS PASSING BUSES. BUT THE BEST ONE WAS ststic electrictity i send my late doctor across the room when he touched me before he could say how i was felling i zipped him an sent him across the room.

  4. THIS IS AFTER I WAXED 3 CARS THAT DAY & I HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH HIM THAT DAY @ 3.30PM. I ONLY WISHED THERE WAS A WEB CAMERA IN THE ROOM TO SHOW IT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE NET FOR EVERYONE TO SEE LOL. HAS ANYONE PICKED UP SO MUCH STATIC ELECTICITY AN ZIPPED ANYONE AT ALL?????

  5. It was great to see Tom Gibney. I grew up watching him. Back then It was World Beat news. Have a great day 🙂⚘️.

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