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1. Various of Alain Robert climbing the Elf-Total-Fina building 2. Close up Robert on windows of the building 3. People watching him from the ground 4. Various of Robert climbing 5. Cutaway 6. Alain Robert arriving on top of building 7. Police taking Robert to police station after the climbing 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alain Robert, Spiderman "It was also an ascent of two thousand feet maybe three thousand feet, so it's quite long it's quite heavy on the hands. And sometimes it was bit slippery and also at the beginning it was wet because of the window cleaner." 9. Robert being escorted to police station 10. Exterior of police station 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop "We have seen when my boys were growing up they always loved Spiderman and we saw him on one of the buildings on the news one day climbing and of course we watched him be arrested as well. But ever since then anytime we've seen him climb we've tried to watch on TV." 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop "We met him last night at a restaurant and he told us that he was going to climb at ten o'clock today and for us to show up for support. So we weren't going to miss it, it was incredible." 13. Robert coming out of police station shaking hands with officer STORYLINE: French climber Alain Robert, known as "Spiderman" for his skyscraper-scaling stunts, climbed one of the highest buildings in the Paris business district La Defense on Tuesday, the Elf Total Fina tower. The 190-metre (627-feet) 40 storey building is the headquarters of the giant European petroleum consortium. Robert, 39, tried to climb the tower in 1999 but failed because of bad weather. This time it took him 90 minutes using bare hands covered in rosin and special climbing shoes. Dozens of onlookers held their breath as Robert made the dangerous and at times, slippery ascent into the arms of waiting police. Robert was taken to a nearby police station but no charges were laid. A professional climber for more than 25 years, Robert began climbing skyscrapers seven years ago. His conquests include the Empire State Building in New York, the 54-storey Shinjuku Tower in Tokyo, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the world's tallest building. Keyword-WACKY You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/7f2fe7a0aad4d0a08e3c263f89af7e08 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork