![]() ![]() I started this project because I wanted to inspire young people to speak out against abortion regardless of the backlash and the criticism that comes with being pro-life,” he remarked. As an experienced climber, I see climbing skyscrapers as a safe and creative/effective way to peacefully protest.”ĭesChamps wants other young people to stand up for life. The large rails and positive windows sills are ginormous in comparison to the credit card sized holds found on rock. However, most skyscrapers are significantly easier to climb than rock. ![]() “I would never recommend or encourage another person to climb without a rope. While pictures and videos of DesChamps’s climbs make my hands sweat, he claims that as an experienced free-solo rock climber, which means he doesn’t use a rope or harness, climbing tall buildings is safer than climbing rocks. They instead chose life and now they are being helped by the nonprofit. He says that when he’s in jail he tries to evangelize and share the Word of Jesus.Īfter his arrest in Oklahoma, one of the prisoners he was in jail with called Let Them Live and told them that he and his pregnant girlfriend had been thinking about aborting the child. Speaking at a church in Rapid City, South Dakota, he explained that those in jail with him are more likely to listen to him than prison ministries. His short-lived stays in jail, however, are now part of his positive impact. DesChamps expresses admiration for the officers and regrets that he uses up any of their time and manpower. It’s a common experience for the climber, who holds that it isn’t illegal to climb a skyscraper, but officers assume he must have done something illegal and arrest him anyway, usually for trespassing. Waiting for him at the top were the police, who arrested him. ![]() To help raise funds for Riley, DesChamps climbed the 844-foot Devon Tower in Oklahoma City. Those who sign up as sponsors with the organization’s ministry Adopt-a-Mom financially provide for a pregnant mother’s various needs, including 24/7 counseling services, housing and rent payments, groceries and other necessities, car and transportation payments, and financial and job-related counseling, among other things. He has also partnered with Let Them Live to “adopt” a mom named Riley. “I chose the New York Times building because they refuse to report on in fear the truth will hurt their agenda,” DesChamps stated. He performed the climb after learning that police were not investigating the notorious abortionist. Cesare Santangelo, a Washington, D.C., abortion provider who, some claim, has engaged in illegal partial-birth abortion.ĭesChamps climbed the 52-story New York Times building the same week, hanging a banner that read: “ABORTION KILLS MORE THAN 911 EVERY WEEK!” He hung another banner with an image of a baby in the womb, accusing Santangelo of killing the baby. “Pro Life Spiderman” did so to bring attention to the pro-life cause for those who aren’t familiar with the pro-life arguments to raise donations for Let Them Live, a non-profit that provides financial assistance for pregnant women and to help convince authorities to investigate Dr. And I thought to myself, What can I do to help this pro-life movement? And all I had were these gifts God gave me.”ĭesChamps recently used those gifts to climb the 1,070-foot Salesforce Tower, the tallest building in San Francisco, without a rope. He told Fox News’s Tucker Carlson that he “had no money, no influence - I’m in college. Meet Maison DesChamps, a student at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), who has dubbed himself the “Pro Life Spiderman.” DesChamps has spent years rock climbing in the western United States and he wanted to put his skills to better use than simple recreation. Yet for one “wall crawler,” the lack of “superpowers” hasn’t stopped him from climbing buildings to save lives. Standing on buildings hundreds of feet off the ground is a lot less enticing when you know that you can fall. That dream hinged on a critical point, however: actually having “the Amazing Spider-Man’s” abilities, like sticking to walls and being completely comfortable with extreme heights. The “web-slinger” captured my imagination by climbing walls, swinging from buildings, and saving people in danger. Like a lot of kids growing up, I wanted to be Spider-Man. I started this project because I wanted to inspire young people to speak out against abortion regardless of the backlash and the criticism that comes with being pro-life.” –MAISON DESCHAMPS ![]()
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