Alain Robert climbs 38-storey building with no harness to ‘tell Macron to come back down to earth’
A free climber known as the “French Spiderman” has scaled a 38-storey skyscraper in Paris to demonstrate his support for protesters angry about a pension law that will delay the age at which people can retire inAlain Robert, 60, climbs without a harness, using only his bare hands and a pair of climbing shoes.
“I’m here to show my support for those who oppose the pension reform,” he told Reuters on Wednesday before starting his ascent of the 150-metre skyscraper in the capital’s La Défense business district. “I’m here to tell [President]
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