Marisa Lazo’s friend describes her as just “an adventurous girl,” and the choice to clamber up a construction crane as “not her best decision.” But Toronto police say the incident is criminal mischief — and it landed Lazo in jail.Lazo, whose stranding atop the sky-high crane and dramatic rescue from it, transfixed onlookers for hours on Wednesday morning, was released on $500 bail Thursday. She faces six charges of mischief.After her rescue, she was taken into police custody, but many unanswered questions — and much public curiosity — about her motives linger.On Thursday, her bail hearing at Old City Hall shed little light on matters.In the moments before Lazo’s bail hearing, a woman identifying herself as a “close friend” said Lazo simply has an adventurous spirit.“It was not her best decision, but the fact that she did it was not a shock to me,” Sara Burton told reporters.She identified Lazo as the owner of an Instagram account which includes photos that appear to show Lazo standing on the edges of rooftops with the Toronto skyline in the background.Another friend, who asked not to be named, told the Star Wednesday that Lazo just “likes to climb things.”While Lazo, herself, has not publicly commented on whether or not that is true, the practice of scaling skyscrapers and other tall structures is not unheard of in Toronto.Over the past several years the practice of “rooftopping” — climbing up skyscrapers, abandoned buildings and construction equipment to take in views or snap photos — has grown in popularity.“Rooftopping has become a photography trend that people all over the world are getting a piece of,” wrote photographer Neil Ta in a 2014 blog post about why he would no longer rooftop.“In the beginning, we would simply walk into a building and . . . take the stairs or elevators to the top and look for an u ...
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