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'French Spiderman' Alain Robert climbs Makati skyscraper

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<p>MANILA - A 56-year-old man dubbed the &quot;French spiderman&quot; scaled a Makati skyscraper without safety gear Tuesday morning, ticking another high-rise off his bucket list.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1393105" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Kuha ni Bayan Patroller Mark San Agustin</div><p>Alain Robert, notorious for being arrested around the world for climbing towering structures including the Eiffel Tower, was caught on video dangling several stories above Makati&#x27;s usual rush hour traffic.</p><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS/videos/2476308422410722" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Roberts, clad in dark long sleeves and yellow pants with a camera attached on his head, was seen hoisting himself from one floor to another, video taken from one of the offices inside the GT Tower building showed.</p><p>The glass-walled skyscraper is the 7th tallest building in the Makati central business district with 43 stories at a height of 217.20 meters, information from real estate data mining company Emporis showed.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Alain Robert, french spider-man, going down the GT Tower in Ayala, Makati which he climbed without a harness | via <a href="https://twitter.com/JeromeLantin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeromeLantin</a> <a href="https://t.co/SGrvm02ljS">pic.twitter.com/SGrvm02ljS</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1090106659622477824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>The French national was seen descending from the building&#x27;s facade shortly before noon and was arrested by local authorities.</p><p>Police officials told ABS-CBN News Robert may be charged for breaking city ordinances, depending on their evaluation of his case.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Alain Robert, now under the custody of Makati Police <a href="https://t.co/Uw1XniBAkF">pic.twitter.com/Uw1XniBAkF</a></p>— Jerome Lantin (@JeromeLantin) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeromeLantin/status/1090109339371782144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Robert, who has been climbing buildings since he was 11, made a Guinness World Record for &quot;most buildings climbed&quot; after he conquered 121 structures in 2015.</p><p>&quot;Climbing is [not just] my passion but also my philosophy of life,&quot; Robert said on his website.</p><p>&quot;I have never thought about giving up on my childhood dream. I already knew that climbing was for me as important as eating or breathing,&quot; he said.</p><p>Among landmarks the French spiderman earlier scaled were the Sydney Opera House, Kuala Lumpur&#x27;s Petronas Towers, New York’s Empire State Building, and the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.</p>

<p>A 56-year-old man dubbed the "French spiderman" scaled a Makati skyscraper without safety gear Tuesday morning, ticking another high-rise off his bucket list.</p>

A 56-year-old man dubbed the "French spiderman" scaled a Makati skyscraper without safety gear Tuesday morning, ticking another high-rise off his bucket list.