VIDEO. French ‘Spider-Man’ climbs without fuse tower of 47 floors in Manila

The French gebouwenbeklimmer Alain Robert (56) has struck again. The man who became known by without a fuse buildings to climb like the eiffel tower in Paris and the Empire State Building in New York, ventured now to one of the highest towers of the Philippine capital Manila.

Robert – also known as the French Spider-Man’ – chose the GT Tower for his latest stunt. Which is 47 floors high. He caused a lot of attention, both on the ground and in the building itself. Saw staff, to their surprise, suddenly someone on the outside up to scramble. Images of the ascent were easily shared on social media.

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“This is my way, it is my way of life,” he said when he 2 hours later back on the ground. “It is equally important for me as eating and sleeping. I have the need. It keeps me alive.” the


The police thought otherwise and picked him up when he was down. He is accused of disrupting the public order. the


Robert climbed more than 100 buildings without any form of fuse. He has a world record to his name. In June last year he was intercepted when he was a skyscraper climbed in the South Korean capital Seoul. He was already halfway down the Lotte World Tower, a 123-storey, when the security him down, forced.

The adventures of the man are not without risks. Robert did say that already 7 times a heavy fall. In september 1982, became a rope during a rappel and he fell 20 metres down. He was 5 days in coma. His stunts made him meanwhile, 66 percent disabled. He was several times arrested.