Social media videos showed the climber avoiding the Olympic rings while ascending without the use of ropes.
On Sunday, the final day of the Olympics, a climber ascended the north face of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, but cops stopped him midway up, according to the police.
“A person was observed ascending the Eiffel Tower about 2:45 p.m. A police spokesman stated, “The police acted right away and took the person into custody.
Social media videos showed the bare-chested climber avoiding the Olympic rings while ascending without the use of ropes. In one, as he is led off the observation
platform by police, the grin-wearing climber is heard asking passersby, “bloody warm, innit?”
A request for comment was not answered by the tower operator.
