Alain Robert, the free climber dubbed the 'French Spiderman', scaled one of Barcelona's highest skyscrapers on Saturday without a harness. And for the first time ever, the famous daredevil was joined by his son.
French climber Alain Robert, also known as "The French Spiderman", and his son Julien Robert climb a skyscraper Torre Agbar to spread awareness towards Global Climate Change in Barcelona, Spain October 1, 2022. REUTERS/Albert GeaBARCELONA, Oct 1 - Alain Robert, the free climber dubbed the "French Spiderman", scaled one of Barcelona's highest skyscrapers on Saturday without a harness. And for the first time ever, the famous daredevil was joined by his son.
Bystanders and Spanish police watched as the 60-year-old and his son, Julien, climbed the 144-metre Torre Glories, formerly the Torre Agbar, a glass-covered office building designed by architect Jean Nouvel and famed for its night-time illuminations."I feel very stressed. I've never been so scared in my life," Julien told Reuters just before they started.
The pair completed the climb in less than an hour and were met at the top by police, who escorted them down the more traditional way - inside the building - and did not arrest them. Alain Robert began climbing in 1975, training on the cliffs near his hometown of Valence in southern France.
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