‘Spider-Man’ scales London building
LONDON – French “Spider-Man” Alain Robert has scaled the
more than 20-story Portland House building in London to
raise awareness about global warming. Robert, sporting a
T-shirt advertising the Web site thesolutionissimple.org,
was arrested after he climbed the 331-foot-tall building,
The Times of London reported Wednesday. Police, who
cordoned off the area during Robert’s stunt, arrested the
climber, once he completed his assent, on suspicion of
criminal damage and wasting police time. He was being held
Tuesday in a London police station. Robert has climbed more
than 70 of the world’s tallest and most famous structures,
including Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Empire State Building
in New York and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. The
climber, who was given the nickname “Spider-Man” for his
wall-scaling abilities, performs the feats with no
equipment or safety nets.