Alain Robert
Alain Robert, who has been dubbed the 'French Spiderman', climbs 300 meters up The Torch hotel in Doha on 12 April, 2012. Robert, who has been scaling tall buildings since the age of seven took 75 minutes to complete his first climb in Qatar of the hotel that was built for the 2006 Asian Games in the shape of an Olympic torch.
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Real-Life Spiderman Climbs France's Tallest Building Without a Harness [Video]
Spiderman Alain Robert is totally fearless and a little bit crazy. Today, the urban climber scaled La Tour First, the tallest building in his home country of France, without so much as a harness. The 522-foot Paris skyscraper was built in 1974 and is the from Gizmodo Read more »
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‘Spiderman’ scales another skyscraper - Fri, 11 May 2012 PST
The French skyscraper climber known to some as Spiderman has struck again: This time on France’s new tallest building. Alain Robert scaled the recently heightened First Tower in La Defense business district west of Paris on Thursday. Hundreds of onlooker from The Spokesman Read more »
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Spiderman Strikes Again: Yesterday Alain Robert successfully climbed up...
Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for the Curbed National newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. from Curbed Read more »
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'Spiderman' climber strikes again near Paris
PARIS – The French skyscraper climber known to some as Spiderman has struck again: This time, on France's new tallest building. Alain Robert scaled the recently heightened First tower in La Defense business district west of Paris on Thursday. Hundreds of from FOX News Read more »
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Two Amazing Real-Life Spider-Men Defy Common Sense
American Dan Goodwin and Frenchman Alain Robert have a lot in common: They’re both skyscraper climbers who have defied common sense (and the law) to ascend some of the tallest man-made structures in the world with no safety nets—and occasionally while dr from Wired Read more »
