French urban climber Alain Robert has been arrested after scaling one of London’s tallest buildings.
Robert climbed the 662-foot (202-metre) Heron Tower without ropes or safety gear on Thursday as police cordoned off the building, closed roads and ushered spectators away.
Robert, known as “the French Spider-Man,” has climbed many of the world’s tallest structures, almost always without ropes or harnesses and often without permission.
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Before Thursday’s climb, he told reporters: “I fully feel alive when my life is at stake. It may sound a bit scary and crazy, but this is the way it is.”
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City of London police said a 56-year-old man was arrested for “causing public nuisance.”
Cmdr. Karen Baxter criticized Robert for taxing police resources and causing “significant disturbance to local transport and businesses and their staff.”
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