Spiderman ...

We had a dry and rather beautiful morning with some sun and lots of clouds but an agreeable temperature of 19°C.

We made the climb to the old city of Laon for shopping a bit, drinking coffee and eating croissants.

When we walked along the old city wall we suddenly saw a man who climbed straight up against the wall with only using his finger- and toe tips. Further: nothing! Amazing! We stood there and looked in awe.

When asked he told us he thought to be probably the only person in Laon who trained for serious mountain climbing this way. He did this exercise ten times a day, one after another. Every other time about one meter higher. And all within one hour!

I asked if I could picture him while he did one of his exercises. His answer you see here. I chose for a B/W version to make a straight capture of the action, which deserves all attention ... ;)