The Shard: Free-climber spotted scaling London landmark

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The Shard: Free-climber spotted scaling London landmark

July 2019


Urban climber George King, 19, was spotted on the side of the skyscraper on Monday

A free-climber has scaled The Shard, one of the tallest buildings in Europe.

Urban climber George King, 19, was spoken to by police after the stunt - at about 05:15 BST - but not arrested.

Onlookers posted footage of Mr King, who made the ascent without ropes or suction cups in 45 minutes.

Previous climbers of the 310-metre (1,017ft) London skyscraper include YouTuber CassOnline, who climbed from the public viewing platform to the apex in 2017.

In an Instagram post Mr King said he spent months planning and training for the climb.

In 2013, a group of Greenpeace activists also scaled the Southwark building to protest against oil drilling in the Arctic.

The previous year, The Shard secured a High Court injunction against Alain Robert, the climber nicknamed the French Spiderman, to stop him attempting to scale it.

A spokesman for Real Estate Management, the asset management company that operates The Shard, said: "We dealt with an incident at The Shard earlier this morning involving a member of the public who climbed the building.


The man was spoken to by police after the stunt but not arrested

"The person was safely apprehended and detained by police. Some areas around the base of The Shard that were closed to the public as a safety precaution have now been partially re-opened.

"Public safety and the security of the people who live, work and visit The Shard and the surrounding area is of paramount importance to us.

"Fortunately no-one was hurt by this dangerous activity and we will be assisting the police with their investigation."

People have taken to social media to voice their amusement and concerns over the climb.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-48907277

[♥ Lily ♥]

And just like the French Spiderman (Alain Robert,) this moron called 'George King' also decided to not use a safety rope and had no legal permission to climb the building.

I don't care if these selfish 'free climber' idiots fall to their deaths, but I do mind the bloody mess on the ground if they fell - that pedestrians (including children) would be subjected to seeing, along with having empathy for those who have to clean-up the mess of splattered bodily organs and blood and bodily fluids all over the ground afterwards.

Why don't they go and climb on some remote mountain instead?

If they fell, they could seriously injure or kill pedestrians and drivers below by the time they heavily smash into the ground below, due to Sir Isaac Newton's laws of gravity;- weight and speed acceleration increases with the distance of the fall.

Remember all the 9/11 bodies which made a massive crashing sound by the time they crashed at 150mph into the plaza beneath them at ground zero - and also some people on ground level were killed by the falling bodies that crashed onto them.

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Alain Robert (born as Robert Alain Philippe on 7th August 1962) is a French rock climber and urban climber, from Digoin, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France.

Alain Robert (a.k.a. 'French Spiderman' and 'The Human Spider') has climbed 80 of the world's tallest megastructures, skyscrapers, bridges and famous tall landmarks all over the globe, (from the U.S. to Russia, from Australia to Europe, from China to Dubai.)

He's been arrested in numerous nations for illegally climbing up skyscrapers without permission, not even using a safety wire, and for climbing back down again after reaching the top.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Robert











https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...alain+roberts+

11:43 He even climbs upside-down on the ceilings of his home like a spider in front of his 3 children.


I think he's proved his point in breaking world records... so why does he keep doing it? He could at least use a safety wire - just incase. He's taking huge gambles with his life... but should consider his wife and three children and the pedestrians on the ground who could be injured or killed if he slipped and fell.

The police keep having to be called out in cities to clear the surrounding areas of pedestrians and traffic where he illegally climbs tall buildings.