Published 22:45 IST, March 5th 2020
French 'Spiderman' scales 475 feet tower without ropes to raise awareness about COVID-19
France's Alain Robert scaled one of the tallest buildings in Barcelona on March 5. According to reports, he climbed the building without ropes or safety harness
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A French daredevil climber scaled one of tallest buildings in Barcelona on March 5. According to reports, he climbed building with rope or safety equipment in an effort to protest against panic over dely coronavirus outbreak. Alain Robert climbed Torre Agbar.
'French Spiderman'
Torre Agbar is a glass-covered office building that is 145-metres or 475 foot in height. Alain Robert climbed up Torre Agbar and n came back down in only 47 minutes. police that were waiting at base of structure, detained 57-year-old daredevil climber while onlookers applauded his feat.
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According to reports, before starting his climb, Roberts told local media that what is more contagious than coronavirus is fear. He ded that re are probably 3 billion people who are scared of coronavirus because y cant control it. Robert n claimed that re is a certain of analogy between his daredevil climbs without safety equipment which causes some fear. He claims that same is true for coronavirus and that in his case people can talk about fear that is controlled, fear that is domesticated.
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Alain Robert who has been dubbed as 'French Spiderman' is famous for his daredevil approach to climbing up buildings with only chalk and or equipment save his shoes. He has conquered more than 100 structures across world, with most table being Dubai's Burj Khalifa complex, Eiffel Tower in Paris, Malaysia's iconic Petronas Twin Towers, and Sydney Opera House without safety equipment.
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dely coronavirus that has been officially named COVID-19 by WHO started in China's Hubei province in December last year. virus has infected 96,777 people and killed 3,308 worldwide.
22:45 IST, March 5th 2020