Alain Robert has already been arrested in several cities around the world. Nevertheless, the extreme climber always daring climbs. Now the 57-year-old Frenchman has climbed the 153.8-meter skyscraper Skyper in Frankfurt am Main.
The free-climber safely reached the roof of the building in the financial district and climbed down again. Among the best known actions of the man known by the nickname "Spiderman" include the conquest of a skyscraper in Hong Kong recently. There he also unrolled a "peace banner" on the façade. At the beginning of the year, Robert had ventured out to one of the tallest buildings in the Philippine capital, Manila.
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Extreme climber Alain Robert: High aboveRobert had been seriously injured twice at a young age, doctors had diagnosed a 66 percent disability and predicted that he would never be able to climb again. Since then he has climbed dozens of skyscrapers worldwide. Among the best known are the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Empire State Building in New York and the 508 meter high skyscraper Taipei 101.
After his daredevil conquest of the Frankfurt skyscraper Robert was received by police officers and initially taken into custody. The climbing action is an administrative offense, police said. In addition, it will be examined whether the climber must answer for trespassing.
The building was initially undamaged. According to witnesses needed Robert, who is also in the Guinness Book of Records with his climbing, about 20 minutes for the rise.
