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HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Daredevil Alain Robert — dubbed the ‘French Spiderman’ — climbed a Hong Kong skyscraper on Friday and unfurled a “peace banner” as the financial hub is rocked by historic political unrest. The 57-year-old adventurer, who specializes in unsanctioned ascents of tall buildings, shimmied up the 68-storey Cheung Kong Center in Hong Kong’s main business district in hot and humid conditions on Friday morning. During the climb, he attached a banner […]
(Eagle News) — Alain Robert, also known as the French Spiderman, was released on bail on Wednesday, Jan. 30. Police said Robert was temporarily released after he posted the P3,000 bail set by the Makati Prosecutors’ Office. His arraignment for alarm and scandal and other forms of trespassing was scheduled on Friday, Feb. 1. Robert was arrested by the Makati police after he scaled the 47-storey tower on Ayala Ave. on Tuesday, Jan. 29. Robert’s climbs […]
(Eagle News) — Police on Tuesday, Jan. 29, arrested Alain Robert, known as the French “Spiderman,” for climbing a skyscraper in Makati. According to the police, Robert faces charges for alarm and scandal and other forms of trespassing for climbing the 47-storey GT Tower on Ayala Ave. past 10 a.m. He did not use any safety equipment, to the horror of bystanders, who watched him from the ground. “This is my path, this is my way of […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — French urban freeclimber Alain Robert was arrested Thursday after bringing parts of London’s financial district to a standstill by scaling the 46-storey Heron Tower — the area’s tallest building. The 56-year-old so-called “French Spiderman” took around an hour to climb the 230-metre high tower without ropes or safety equipment, while traffic came to a halt as bemused crowds packed the streets below. Police in the City of London, the capital’s […]
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – French “Spiderman” Alain Robert scaled one of the tallest skyscrapers in Barcelona without a harness on Monday. Bystanders and police watched as the 55-year-old climbed up the Melia Barcelona Sky Hotel, a glass and steel covered hotel building known as the fourth tallest tower in the city. The urban climber is famous for his daredevil, harness-free approach to scuttling up buildings with nothing more than some chalk on his hands and […]
The real-life French Spider-man Alain Robert climbs to a 501ft luxury hotel in Macau to promote his upcoming movie The Amazing Spider-man 2.
