The French Spiderman climbs a 217-meter skyscraper in Manila at the age of 61. Robert began climbing buildings and monuments in the 1990s, but rose to global fame in 2011 after conquering the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Manila and Beijing are in dispute over several islands and maritime areas in the South China Sea, since the Chinese authorities claim almost all of these waters and the archipelagos in them. "I just want to remember that the sea and the islands belong to the Philippines and no one else," stressed the climber, who has broken his bones several times.