A professional climber's ascent of the Chase Tower in Phoenix, Arizona, has been captured on video, but officials are calling the stunt 'dangerous' and 'very dumb.'
A Phoenix fire official is blasting a professional climber dubbed "The Official Pro-Life Spider-Man" for scaling thetallest building this week, calling the stunt"dangerous" to first responders and"Very, very dumb."
Maison Des Champs, 23, was taken into custody Tuesday after reaching the top of the 483-foot Chase Tower in downtown Phoenix, which he ascended in about 90 minutes to draw attention to his cause. "This is so dangerous. You put not only yourself in danger, you put firefighters in danger. You put anyone else walking below or anybody around this incident in danger," Phoenix Fire Capt. Todd Keller told reporters gathered at the scene."This is an uncontrolled environment. This is Chase Tower; 40 floors up. Very, very dumb."
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