Alpha Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 PARIS - Dressed in a Spider-Man suit and using no ropes or other equipment, a French urban climber scaled the 47-story headquarters of oil giant Total on Tuesday, his second Parisian climb in less than a month.Alain Robert, 42, who has long called himself "Spiderman," climbed the 614-foot building, located in the La Defense office park on the western edge of Paris, in just 25 minutes. After his ascent, Robert had to pay a visit to the local police station for his feat but was released without being charged or fined, he said later. Robert, who is renowned for climbing without ropes or other equipment, has also scaled the Eiffel Tower and more than 30 skyscrapers around the world, including New York's Empire State Building in 1994 and the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia in 1997. On Sept. 22, he scaled the 59-story Montparnasse Tower. At 689 feet, it is higher than the Total building — which he scaled in April 2003 to protest the war in Iraq (news - web sites). The building was then the headquarters of TotalFina Elf.This is certainly amazing, I guess he doesn't have a fear of heights.
Gryph Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 Hahaha! That's awesome. Now someone needs to dress up as the Green Goblin and throw grenades at him.
KyokugenKiss Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 that guys awesome! shiet thats scarrier than any mountain, the buildings he clime are soo high and the winds...ahhh!!! no ropes?! wow...
L.S.D Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 You need a really strong finger grip for this. I have read that this guyactually using his fingers to climb all the way up.
Agozer Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 This guy is the true showstopper since he has climbed a lot of buildings all over the world without any kind of support gear.
kaioshade Posted October 20, 2004 Posted October 20, 2004 Wow, just wow. Much props to this guy. I am too scared of heights for something like that. geez...
Agozer Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 Not to mention that the police always takes him to jail after he comes down from the building.
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