Man Scales Sears Tower
Reuters
CHICAGO — The French daredevil known as “Spiderman” scaled the Sears Tower in Chicago at dawn Friday, adding the 110-story, 1,454-foot building to his worldwide climbing conquests.
Alain Robert, 37, was arrested after pulling himself to the top of the building--one of the world’s tallest--and was charged with criminal trespass. He has also climbed the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower.
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