RISKY STUNT
Devon Tower in Oklahoma City – ‘Pro-life Spiderman’ Maison Des Champs arrested after climbing 844-foot building
A PRO-life activist has been arrested following a heart-pounding free climbing of an 844-foot building - a month after scaling a 61-story tower in San Francisco.
The man - who authorities have identified as Maison Des Champs, the self-proclaimed "pro-life Spiderman" - began scaling the Devon Tower in downtown shortly after 10am on Tuesday.
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Footage from the scene appeared to show the risk-taker climbing the structure on his own power without a safety harness.
Des Champs, 22, briefly went live on his Instagram page, sharing the view from the tower with his followers.
Officials waited for the man at the roof of the tower, where he was eventually taken into custody after safely reaching the top.
The Devon Tower has 50 floors and is the tallest building in Oklahoma.
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Cops told they have arrested a drone operator who was reportedly following the free-climber during his ascent.
According to Oklahoma Meteorologist Emily Sutton, the winds near the top of the building are around 35-40 mph.
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Last month, Des Champs climbed the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, where he was pictured smiling as he made his way toward the top of the skyscraper.
On his website, he says he's transitioned to climbing skyscrapers in an effort to end abortion.
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"My name is Maison Des Champs. I am a rock climber that has recently started climbing Skyscrapers to end abortion," his website reads.
In that incident, he was also arrested by local police once he made it to the top of the structure.
Days after his heart-pounding climbed, the activist climbed all 52 stories of The New York Times building, hanging two anti-abortion banners in the process.
Des Champs started climbing the iconic building at about 5am on May 5, according to videos posted to his social media.
The 22-year-old told The US Sun he did so in order to " expose" a doctor who he claims performs late-term abortions and to "raise money for pro-life charities."
"I have wanted to do this for years and as soon as I found out that the police were not investigating [the doctor], I decided that it was time to act," he said.
"I chose the New York Times building because they refuse to report on [the doctor] in fear the truth will hurt their agenda."
Des Champs hung two banners on the building - on the sixth and seventh floors.
One of the signs read: “ABORTION KILLS MORE THAN 911 EVERY WEEK!”
The other included an image of a fetus and mentioned the doctor, who Des Champs accused of "killing this baby."
The activist documented the climb on his Instagram page, saying no one had noticed his stunt early in the morning.
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“Oh yeah, the city that never sleeps,” Des Champs said in a clip posted to . “Well, sleep on this.”
Police confirmed the signs' placements, but there has been no arrest.
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