EXCLUSIVE Meet the 'real-life Tarzan': Forest parkour athlete swings through jungles topless and races up 200ft trees - using his bare feet like hands Leo Urban travels all over the world to scale trees using his bare hands and feet Videos of his death-defying stunts have earned him 2 million Instagram followers READ MORE: British explorer's 3,500-mile journey across North America By Jessica Hamilton Published: 11:29, 3 July 2024 | Updated: 12:12, 3 July 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Swinging through jungles topless and climbing trees up to 60 metres (196ft) high in mere seconds – barefooted. All in a day's work for Leopald Hurbin – an outdoor athlete who's been dubbed a real-life Tarzan. The 30-year-old Frenchman, also known as Leo Urban, is a practitioner of 'primal parkour', which involves running, jumping and swinging around forests in a breathtakingly acrobatic fashion, as his Instagram feed shows.
Videos of seemingly death-defying bold stunts he's posted have earned his @leo.urban account almost two million followers. Leo grew up in the mountains of Andorra and has been practising parkour and climbing for nearly 20 years, travelling all over the world to scale trees using just his bare hands and feet.
He spends most of his time surrounded by nature, travelling all over the world and scaling trees dressed only in a pair of trousers or shorts. Leo Urban is a practitioner of 'primal parkour', which involves running, jumping and swinging around forests in a breathtakingly.
