This is the incredible moment a British free climber takes a selfie at the top of the iconic Louvre pyramid – after scaling the 71ft glass structure without being seen.



Fearless Adam Lockwood, 20, managed to slip past security guards at the Paris museum before climbing up the slippery side without any restraints as tourists stood obliviously beneath him.



Once at the top he posed for the ultimate holiday snap, boasting a new take on the typical tourist pose of standing with a finger appearing to touch the top.



Adam said: “The climb was not too easy but not too difficult, just slippery like glass.



“The view was great, seeing through the glass below was amazing, then seeing the view from inside after I got taken in was pretty cool because I got both perspectives of inside, outside and on top.



"I don't like art or paintings, I just think it's funny to climb on the place where the most expensive painting in the world is.



“I think if I wanted to, I could have got inside and stood outside the Mona Lisa, but that's a different story."

Adam, from Manchester, was finally spotted as he made his descent down the pyramid at around 7.30am on Thursday, when he was collared by security.



After a ticking off by police, the adrenaline junkie was sent on his way.



"I have wanted to do this for so many years, and I thought this was the perfect time to do it, especially after being on the roof too,” Adam said.

"I live and breathe climbing and doing things people don't. I love doing things that people get scared by.



“I love things that people would love to do but would never do, standing on top of the Louvre compared to taking a photo outside it pretending to touch the top like a standard tourist, it's unbeatable."



The Louvre Pyramid is a large glass and metal structure designed by Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei and installed in 1988, when it became a famous landmark in Paris.



It sits in the main courtyard of the Louvre Palace and serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum.



Adam is no stranger to death defying stunts, and only this month scaled the 262 foot tall San Siro stadium in Milan.



He has also climbed the tallest crane in France, dangling his legs over a perilous 290 metre drop.

Adam’s stunts have previously got him into trouble when a court banned him from climbing tall buildings, which he later breached and narrowly escaped jail.

But despite his brush with the law, he refuses to give up his dangerous hobby.

Adam added: “I’m just trying to prove to myself that I can do what I set my mind to.

“What I do is so special to me and I can and will not give that up no matter what laws there are or how dangerous people claim it to be.”



“I am who I am and that’s not going to change with people’s perspective of me.”