# How do graffiti artists get up on dangerous places?

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**Created:** [July 1, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-graffiti-artists-get-up-on-dangerous-places/945466 "2021-07-01T23:35:36Z")\
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You’ve all seen highway overpasses that have graffiti on the sides, with nothing between the side and a 20-30 foot fall down into highway traffic except one’s imagination.

How in the world do graffiti artists get up there to do their tagging and make it (sometimes) look like genuine art? They must be madmen! Tell me they use specialized climbing equipment or something.

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