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A French “Spider-man” has climbed one of the tallest blocks in

France using only his bare hands. Alain Robert performed the stunt at
the headquarters of oil giant TotalFinaElf in Paris. The building is
190m tall, shorter than some of his previous 30 challenges, but not
without its problems. ‘It’s long and quite difficult at the end,’ Robert
told reporters. ‘It was a little more difficult than I’d expected because
of the wind and sun. At the beginning it was a little wet because of
the window cleaners.’ Dozens of workers from the building joined
the crowd of spectators, and cheered Mr Roberts as he neared the
top. He was pulled up by police when he reached the top after the 90
minute climb, for climbing without permission. But no charges were
brought and he says the officers offered him orange juice.