Alain Robert, the french "Spiderman"
By MistahKurtz
@MistahKurtz (8)
United States
April 12, 2007 4:41pm CST
You may have heard of this man, flitting in and out of odd news stories, always being forgotten and then resurfacing shortly later in an even more incredible stunt. Alain Robert, the french Spiderman. A lover of climbing since boyhood, Alain has done things many once impossible, despite sever vertigo acquired in an early fall that led the doctors to say that further climbing would be impossible. But he persevered, and he triumphed.
In 1997, he climbed (without authorization from the authorities) the Kuala Lumpur tower skyscrapers, currently the talles on Earth. He works without ropes or safety harnesses, simply finding grips and throwing himself up the the building's surface. In eight years he has climbed over 70 of the world's skyscrapers, often to benefit charity.
I find this man amazing, and his efforts almost superhuman. Here's a picture of his most recent climb, of the Slovak Radio Building in Brataslava.
What do other people think? Crazy? Admirable? Following his dream?
And does anyone else think how wonderful it must be to walk into a city and look up at the tall buildings and see them just the way a child sees trees?
1 response
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
12 Apr 07
I personall find it kind of admirable like he is living his dream. I love the way you look at it ~ walk into a city....... and see them just the way a child sees trees.
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