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French 'Spiderman' climbs 500-foot tall building in Paris

French urban climber Alain Robert scaled a 500-foot tall scyscraper in Paris

PARIS, March 28. /ITAR-TASS/. French climber Alain Robert widely known as 'Spiderman' Thursday climbed the Tour Ariane scyscraper in Paris. The scyscraper is 152 meters (499 ft) tall.

Hundreds of people watched the climb conducted with no harness.

Alain Robert has climbed over 70 high-rise buildings all over the world, including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building in Manhattan and Burj Khalifa in Dubai.