среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

For climber, Sears Tower built to scale

Calling it the "urban Mt. Everest," French climber Alain Robertscaled the Sears Tower with his bare hands this morning, complainingonly that the top of the structure was slippery "because of theclouds."

Robert, 37, was arrested on the roof by Chicago police andcharged with criminal trespassing and failure to use a safety netwhile conducting an aerial show, both misdemeanors.

He was released after posting $100 against a $1,000 bond.

Among the more than 30 structures Robert has scaled are the EmpireState Building and the Eiffel Tower, as well as one of the PetronisTowers in Malaysia, which recently unseated the Sears Tower as theworld's tallest building. Sears, …

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