Alain Robert, nicknamed the French Spiderman, scaled a building in the commercial heart of the German capital on May 18 without safety gear.
Robert often climbs tall buildings without using a rope. He just uses his bare hands and his climbing shoes. He also carries a bag of chalk on his waist to stop his hands getting wet with sweat. If you look carefully you can see it in the photo.
Robert was cheered on by supporters as he climbed up the 106m Debis Tower in Potsdamer Platz. Roberts did not have permission from the authorities to climb the tower.
The police did not try to follow him up the tower. But they were waiting for him when he climbed down and took him into custody.
Roberts was fined and released, police spokesman Andreas Polley said.
Robert, 45, has scaled more than 50 buildings, including the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Empire State Building in New York, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and, of course, the world's tallest building, Taipei 101.
(Catherine Thomas, staff writer with AFP)
有「法國蜘蛛人」之稱的亞倫?羅伯特五月十八日在沒有任何安全防護下，徒手爬上德國首都柏林商業中心的一棟建築。
羅伯特攀爬高樓時常不用繩索，雙手和腳上的攀岩鞋就是他的工具。他也會在腰間繫上一只粉袋，以防汗水弄濕雙手。仔細看看照片，你就會發現它。
羅伯特在支持群眾的加油鼓勵下，一步步攀登波茲坦廣場上一百零六公尺高的德比斯大樓。羅伯特的攀爬行動並未取得有關當局的許可。
警方並未跟著羅伯特上高樓，反倒氣定神閒地等他爬下來再將他逮捕。
警局發言人安卓亞斯?波雷表示，羅伯特被處以罰鍰後獲釋。
現年四十五歲的羅伯特攀爬過五十多棟建築，包括：巴黎艾菲爾鐵塔、紐約帝國大廈、吉隆坡雙子星大廈，當然還有世界第一高樓台北一０一。（法新社／翻譯：林倩如）
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