"People spend 40 years of their lives slaving away, often in a job they don't even like," Alain Robert told AFP before beginning his climb. Robert, known worldwide for scaling landmark towers without ropes - and usually without permission - began his ascent of the 187-metre Total building in the La Defense business district at around 10.30am. "It was quite cold, I couldn't feel the tips of my fingers so it was tricky," Robert said. And climbing is the only way I make money," Robert said before being taken away. And in 2015, Robert scaled the Engie tower in La Defense to draw attention to calls for a more transparent banking system.

Source: The Local January 13, 2020 14:03 UTC