Frenchman Scales Tallest Skyscraper
From Times Wire Reports
A French urban climber who calls himself Spiderman scaled the world’s tallest building, Taiwan’s Taipei 101.
Alain Robert, 42, took almost four hours to reach the top of the 1,679-foot building. The climb took him nearly twice as long as he had expected, partly because of dreary weather.
Although he’s climbed many of the world’s tallest structures without the use of a rope, he ascended with one Saturday, probably because of the weather.
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