A French 'Spider-Man' has climbed up a 613ft skyscraper as a 60th birthday treat to himself🤔🕸️
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Alain Robert aka the 'French Spider Man' pulled off a daring climb over the weekend to mark his 60th birthday.
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He scaled a huge 48-storey building in Paris without a harness or a rope to prove that age is just a number.
He said: "I want to send people the message that being 60 is nothing. You can still do sport, be active, do fabulous things."
Dressed in red, he climbed using a bag of chalk and a pair of climbing shoes. After making it safely to the top of the 187-metre tall building, he waved his hands to celebrate.
Robert said he wanted the climb to raise awareness about climate change action.
He has climbed more than 150 of the world's tallest structures, including the Eiffel Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge, and even the Burj Khalifa in Dubai—the world's tallest building.
Previously he climbed Salesforce Tower in 45 minutes, but was arrested on his descent.
He pleaded guilty to causing a public nuisance and was ordered to pay £5500 compensation to City of London Police, as well as receiving a ban from climbing any UK building.
Read more here🔽
dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-new…
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