A British influencer plunged to his death while attempting to scale Spain‘s highest bridge without safety equipment for an Instagram stunt.
Lewis Stevenson, 26, fell from the 630ft Castilla La Mancha bridge on Sunday morning after ignoring his family’s pleas to call off the risky climb.
HE DIDN’T LISTEN
Speaking from his home in Derby, his grandfather Clifford Stevenson, 70, said: ‘We all tried to talk him out of it. We were always trying to talk him out of doing things but that was the way he was.
‘He loved doing it, always went out there believing he’d be alright. He did what he did for his own pleasure. He did not get any money for it, he was an adventurer’.
Tributes to Lewis were led by his heartbroken girlfriend Savannah Parker, who took to social media to express her grief over the tragedy, describing her boyfriend’s death as ‘a nightmare’.
Parker wrote: ‘It’s 5am and I haven’t eaten or slept. Someone tell me this is a nightmare. I feel violently sick at the fact you’re not coming back. Please come back. Answer the phone.’
Others involved in the high-risk sport of climbing structures without a safety harness expressed their sorrow at Stevenson’s death.
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TRIBUTES
Writing on Instagram a friend who shared his passion of what is known as ‘rooftopping ‘and uses the name Louie_W1 wrote: ‘Knowing you has been one of the greatest privileges of my life.
‘And losing you is the greatest sadness of my life. No amount of words on a stupid Instagram post will ever describe how much I miss you.
‘You will always be the bravest, most caring and funny person I’ve ever known. I’m proud of every building, every rooftop, every moment of our time together.
‘My best friend, my brother. Rest easy, we’ll meet again one day.’
