Jared Leto Becomes First Person To Legally Climb Exterior Of The Empire State Building

Jared Leto, 51, is the first person to legally climb to the top of the Empire State Building.

On Thursday, Leto scaled the Empire State Building to promote the upcoming world tour of his band, Thirty Seconds To Mars.

Nearly 1,300 feet in the air, Leto climbed the east side of the skyscraper from floors 86 to 104.

“I was more excited than nervous, to tell you the truth,” he told Today. “But I have to be honest, it was very, very hard. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be. Just the endurance that it took, the stamina that it took — and it was very sharp.”

The actor has a history of such stunts. In the past, he scaled a hotel wall in Berlin without a harness and Bungee jumped at his band’s set at Lollapalooza.

“It’s incredible to watch the sunrise overlooking the city that’s meant so much to me,” he said. “Ever since I was a kid, New York stood for the place that you went to make your dreams come true. And as a young kid, I wanted to be an artist, and New York was the place that you came to be an artist. And the Empire State Building was always that symbol for me.”

Thirty Seconds to Mars’ Seasons world tour comes in support of the band’s latest record, It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day.

The tour will run between March and September, across North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The band will be accompanied by opening acts AFI, Poppy and KennyHoopla.

“The building is a testament of all the things that can be done in the world if we put our minds to it, which is largely the inspiration behind our most recent album, It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day,” Leto added.

In March, Leto made a splash at Paris Fashion Week.