Overview

• Alain Robert climbed a 38-story building in Paris without safety equipment to support protesters of a new law raising France's retirement age
• Known as the "French Spiderman," Robert has climbed over 150 structures worldwide including Dubai's Burj Khalifa and the Eiffel Tower
• The controversial pension reform, signed by French President Emmanuel Macron, will gradually raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64
• Robert's stunt was meant to tell Macron to "come back down to earth" and reconsider the unpopular legislation set to take effect September 1
• The reform has angered trade unions, some of which have called for protests on Labor Day