Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe LONDON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- French "Spider-Man" Alain Robert has scaled the more than 20-story Portland House building in London to raise awareness about global warming. Robert, sporting a T-shirt advertising the Web site thesolutionissimple.org, was arrested after he climbed the 331-foot-tall building, The Times of London reported Wednesday. Advertisement Police, who cordoned off the area during Robert's stunt, arrested the climber, once he completed his assent, on suspicion of criminal damage and wasting police time. He was being held Tuesday in a London police station. Robert has climbed more than 70 of the world's tallest and most famous structures, including Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Empire State Building in New York and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. The climber, who was given the nickname "Spider-Man" for his wall-scaling abilities, performs the feats with no equipment or safety nets.
