New video sparks heated debate on whether this is pure talent or just idiocy

Jun 7, 2012 13:25 GMT  ·  By

Extreme sports like free climbing and Parkour have become increasingly more popular in Russia in recent years. Even by their standards though, what you're about to see next is quite impressive.

The video above is the latest from Russia to go viral and it shows a bunch of dudes doing acrobatics on a crane high up in the air.

Because this wouldn't be fun otherwise, they're not using any protection equipment, which means that they're running very high risks at every second.

Even so, they don't seem to grasp the danger they could be in. If one isn't to think about the steep fall or the many things that could, hypothetically, go wrong with such a stunt, one can't but admire their strength and courage.

Right now, the jury is still out on whether what they're doing is the expression of pure talent or just plain old idiocy.

Watch above.