Yesterday two separate dudes climbed up the outside of the New York Times building. Which got us wondering: Just how easy is it to do that? Turns out, very! As witnessed by the exclusive video after the jump which was shot by Guanabee Editor Cindy Casares’ roommate Monica Escobar who walked her friend Rey Clarke down to the New York Times building in midtown Manhattan yesterday afternoon and shot video of him while he climbed 52 stories to the roof. You might have heard about it. There was a French guy the media calls The Spiderman who scaled it first around noon. Monica’s friend is from Brooklyn and the second guy to climb the New York Times building Thursday. “He’s been talking about doing this to raise awareness about malaria for over a month,” Monica told us. Rey made it all the way to the top of the building before he was arrested and taken to Bellvue Mental Hospital for psychiatric evaluation. Monica and their other friend Nick Ruzhnikov, who was also there, believe he’ll be released on bail later today and Nick says he doesn’t think Rey is crazy. Guanabee has secured the only video that exists of Rey Clarke making his way from the ground to the building and up about ten floors. It was taken by Monica with her point and shoot camera before anyone noticed what was going on. The speed with which he scales the building is pretty amazing. Here’s hoping you helped someone, Rey. Even if it’s only our traffic.

Bonus video: Here’s Monica and Nick getting interviewed by CBS news.