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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | December 2006 
French 'Spiderman' Arrested Atop Mexican Skyscraper
 Reuters
| | France's daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as "Spiderman", scales a 23-floor glass and steel office building known as "World Plaza" in Mexico City's Santa Fe district December 7, 2006. (Reuters/Daniel Aguilar) |
A French daredevil climber, famed for scaling some of the world's tallest buildings without ropes, made it to the top of a Mexico City skyscraper, only to be arrested by police waiting on the roof.
Office workers in the gleaming 23-story glass and steel skyscraper did double-takes as the long-haired climber hauled himself up past their windows in the upscale Santa Fe business district.
"I was in a meeting and suddenly I see this guy at the window. I thought he was a window cleaner, but he had nothing with him. Then he waved at me and kept on climbing," Carlos Saenz, an executive who works the 12th floor, said.
Alain Robert - dubbed "the French Spiderman" for climbing some 70 structures including the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building and San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge - made it to the top in just 30 minutes.
He was immediately arrested.
"I went to many jails all around the world. It's no big deal," Robert told Reuters, adding that he hoped the Mexican police would treat him nicely.
His lawyer says he should get off with a fine.
Robert, 44, tries to dodge the authorities before a climb by arriving unannounced at his building of choice and racing up before he can be stopped.
"I didn't know Mexico ... so I really wanted to climb something here," he said. |
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