Watch as daredevil free climber scales the Shard in London

A DAREDEVIL free climber has scaled The Shard, one of the tallest buildings in Europe.
By Matthew Mohan-Hickson
Published 8th Jul 2019, 11:31 GMT
Updated 8th Jul 2019, 11:36 GMT
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The man was spoken to by police after the stunt but not arrested when he was seen on the side of the skyscraper at around 5.15am on Monday.

Onlookers posted footage of the climber, who according to the Daily Mirror made most of the ascent without ropes or suction cups.

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The Metropolitan Police said: ‘Police were called at 5.15am on Monday July 8 following reports of a 'free-climber' on The Shard.

Picture shows a daredevil free climber scaling The Shard, one of the tallest buildings in Europe. Picture: David Kevin Williams/PA WirePicture shows a daredevil free climber scaling The Shard, one of the tallest buildings in Europe. Picture: David Kevin Williams/PA Wire
Picture shows a daredevil free climber scaling The Shard, one of the tallest buildings in Europe. Picture: David Kevin Williams/PA Wire

‘Emergency services attended and the man went inside the building where he was spoken to by officers. He was not arrested.’

Previous climbers who have set their sights on the 310-metre (1,017ft) building include YouTuber CassOnline, who climbed from the public viewing platform to the apex in 2017.

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

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