firebirds finery

French Spiderman Alain Robert has finished his latest climbing the tallest building in the world. Alain has successfully reached the top in the tapered spire across the 160th floor from the building. The 47-year-old is renowned for climbing buildings all over the world just using bare hands and climbing shoes. The story shocked me more than usual because I know my friend is a fairly good martial artist. He is often dubbed as 'talented' by his colleagues and superiors. What's wrong with this story? In theory, he may have wasted the thief quickly while he clearly had no weapon with him. According to him, he didn't know what to do. He knew how he could subdue such assault but he just did not know how to handle it at that time.