Alain Robert

Spiderman’s power to climb skyscrapers and bridges is often left to young boys’ imaginations. Yet for Alain Robert, he is bringing the folklore to front page news. Using no equipment, only his hands and feet, he scales buildings with ease.  

Spiderman’s power to climb skyscrapers and bridges is often left to young boys’ imaginations. Yet for Alain Robert, he is bringing the folklore to front page news. Using no equipment, only his hands and feet, he scales buildings with ease.  

Have you ever got anxiety just by simply looking at skyscrapers? Then you’d be in amazement from a man by the name of Alain Robert, who is from France. Alain Robert’s career revolves around the extreme sport of climbing tall skyscrapers free handed. These types of stunts are usually illegal, and thus Alain has dealt [...]  

The dare-devil known as the “French Spider Man”, Alain Robert, made headlines again last week by climbing the tallest tower in France, the imposing First Tower located in the western business district of Paris. Robert climbed the 758 foot ...  

Alain Robert, also known as ‘French Spiderman‘ recently climbed First Tower, notably France’s tallest building, using only bare hands, as shown in the video below. ‘French Spiderman’ Alain Robert, climbing First Tower, France’s tallest building Image Credit: ABSYNTHE Production video As noted at Telegraph on Friday, May 11, 2012, Alain Robert climbed First Tower, located [...]  

The extreme 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 the La Defense business district west of Paris yesterday. Hundreds of onlookers peered ...  

Robert scaled the recently-heightened First tower in La Defense business district west of Paris on Thursday, as hundreds of onlookers peered out of its windows or craned their necks as he went up.  

Around 200 people gathered to watch as Robert, known for scaling some of the world's tallest and best-known buildings without ropes or other equipment, climbed to the top of the Royal Bank of Scotland Tower. Police closed off a section of the busy street ...  

Mr Robert, 47, scaled the 88-storey Tower 2, triumphantly unfurling a Malaysian flag as he stood on its 1,483ft pinnacle (452m) on the country's national day. He took just over two hours to reach the top after setting off in darkness before dawn to avoid ...  

Yesterday Alain Robert successfully climbed up the side of La Defense, the tallest building in France. Impressive, sure, but last year "Spiderman" scaled the Burj Khalifa—the tallest tower on the planet—so suddenly 758 feet seems kinda, well, like amateur hour....  

Alain Robert, who has been dubbed as the 'French Spiderman', scaled the recently heightened First tower in La Defense business district west of Paris on Thursday. May 11, 2012 - Washington Alain Robert, who has been dubbed as the 'French Spiderman', scaled ...  

Instead of being arrested and carted off at the top of First tower, Alain Robert was greeted by well-wishers and supporters. He reached the top of the 231-metre-high tower after just over one hour of ascent using nothing but his bare hands and ...  

May 10, 2012: People look out of their windows as French urban climber Alain Robert, known as 'Spiderman', climbs up the 758 feet high First Tower, the tallest skyscraper in France, outside Paris.AP PARIS – The French skyscraper climber known ...  

#watchthis 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. More »  

Daredevil Alain Robert hangs on to a ledge and his ­reputation as a top free climber. The Frenchman - dubbed “Spiderman” for his amazing free-climbs - has scaled 300m up The Torch hotel in Doha claiming to have set a new Guinness World Record.  

FAMED French free-climber Alain Robert, or "Spiderman" as he is widely known, has done it again. Robert climbed 300m up The Torch hotel in Doha yesterday, claiming to have set a new Guinness World Record. The Frenchman, who has been scaling tall buildings ...  

Robert climbed 300m up The Torch hotel in Doha yesterday, claiming to have set a new Guinness World Record. The Frenchman, who has been scaling tall buildings since the age of seven, took 75 minutes to complete the climb. Robert scaled Doha's tallest tower ...  

Alain Robert, the urban climber known as the "French Spiderman," scaled France's tallest building. He climbed the 758-feet tall First Tower using only his hands and climbing shoes. (Source: Bloomberg) Running Time: 00:37  

Alain Robert scaled the recently heightened First Tower in La Defense business district west of Paris on Thursday. Hundreds of onlookers peered out of its windows or craned their necks as he went up. Robert has ascended more than 100 skyscrapers ...  

French free-climber Alain Robert, who is better known as "Spiderman", set a new Guinness World Record by climbing the 300 metre high Aspire Tower in the fastest time, unassisted. French free-climber Alain Robert, who is better known as "Spiderman", set a ...  

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.  

PARIS (AP) - The French skyscraper climber known to some as Spiderman has struck again: This time, on Frances new tallest building. Alain Robert scaled the recently heightened First tower in La Defense business district west of Paris on Thursday.  

Robert spoke to Reuters as he prepared for the climb and said ... pioneering attempts of such kind including the Empire State Building, Chicago's Willis Tower, and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and Burj Khalifa, the world tallest building in Dubai.  

PARIS (AP) — 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.  

The legendary French 'Spiderman' Alain Robert on Thursday (April 12) climbed Qatar's highest building - the Torch Doha - in 93 minutes and 47 seconds, claiming to achieve a new Guinness record. The building is the highest ever to be ascended by a climber ...  

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 yesterday. Hundreds of ...  

Alain Robert scaled the recently heightened First tower in La Defense business district west of Paris on Thursday. Hundreds of onlookers peered out of its windows or craned their necks as he went up. Robert has ascended more than 100 skyscrapers ...  

Alain Robert scaled the recently heightened First tower in La Defense business district west of Paris on Thursday. Hundreds of onlookers peered out of its windows or craned their necks as he went up. Robert has ascended more than 100 skyscrapers ...  

FAMED French free-climber Alain Robert, or "Spiderman" as he is widely known, has set a new record in Qatar.  

Urban climber Alain Robert has set a new world record after climbing Qatar’s highest building – the tallest ascent without a rope.  

French free-climber Alain Robert, who is better known as "Spiderman", set a new Guinness World Record by climbing the 300 metre high Aspire Tower in the fastest time, unassisted. Robert completed the impressive feat in 1 hour, 33 minutes and 47 ...  

The legendary Alain Robert, a French skyscraper climber nicknamed "The Spiderman", will climb Doha's tallest building on April 12 ... Robert's production team will be shooting the Torch ascent as part of Alain's life documentary in 3D, planned ...  

Alain Robert, a French rock climber who has become famous for scaling tall buildings worldwide, has climbed the 50 floors to the top of the 705-foot-high Bakrie Tower in Jakarta. Robert, known as the French 'Spiderman', has also climbed the ...  

A French free-climber known as 'spider man' climbed one of Jakarta's tallest buildings on Sunday (March 25) - but not in his usual style. Alain Robert scaled the 50-storey Bakrie Tower using suction cups and a safety harness after authorities banned him ...  

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 159m Paris skyscraper was built in 1974. Robert has made it to the top of more than 100 extremely tall structures without the aid of safety equipment. And no, he did not fall into a vat of radioactive ...  

Another tower, another challenge. It took Frenchman Alain Robert under 90 minutes to conquer Qatar’s tallest building,the Torch Tower. The climber, known as Spiderman, has built a reputation as the ultimate daredevil with his death-defying asc ...  

A climber dubbed the French Spiderman is attempting to scale the tallest skyscraper in Paris tomorrow. Alain Robert, 49, from the Bourgogne region, will be scaling the 231 metre First building in the capital’s business area, La Défense, without safety ropes. But he had better have his spidey senses about him – weather reports predict thunder and lightning tomorrow. Famed for climbing buildings without permission, this stunt is an officially...  

Alain Robert, the self-styled French Spiderman climbed the tallest building in France, with the “permission of its owners,” a first in his career on Thursday. Robert scaled the First Tower in the La Defense business district, west of Paris with bare ...  

French urban climber Alain Robert, known as 'Spiderman', climbing up the 231 meter high (758 feet) First Tower Credit: AP Photo/Michel Euler Office workers gazed out of their windows in disbelief as the 49-year-old went past on his way to the ...  

But this isn't a first-time stunt for the French rock and urban climber, Alain Robert. He has also scaled the Empire State Building in the US and a building in Dubai. Renowned for climbing properties without permission, he continues to defy the odds - and ...  

French skyscraper climber Alain Robert returned to Jakarta to scale the 215-meter Bakrie Tower in Epicentrum, Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Sunday.Robert, known as the "Spiderman", started his climb at ...  

Urban climber Alain Robert, known as “the French Spiderman”, scaled his country’s tallest building, La Tour First. At euronews we believe in the intelligence of our viewers and we think that the mission of a news channel is to deliver ...  

Urban climber Alain Robert, known as “the French Spiderman”, scaled his country’s tallest building, La Tour First. At euronews we believe in the intelligence of our viewers and we think that the mission of a news channel is to deliver ...  

Alain Robert climbed the 50-storey Bakrie Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia using suction cups and a safety harness, after police banned him from climbing with his bare hands. Two years ago the 49-year-old tried to scale Indonesia's Wisma Mulia Tower bare-handed ...  

Alain Robert, who has been dubbed the “French Spiderman”, climbs 300 meters up The Torch hotel in Doha, April 12, 2012. Robert, who has been scaling tall buildings since the age of seven took 75 minutes to complete his first climb in Qatar ...  

Alain Robert, who has been dubbed the "French Spiderman" climbs the Bakrie Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia. Robert, who has been scaling tall buildings since the age of seven, performed his third building climb in Jakarta by scaling the 215-meter-high Bakrie Tower.  

Alain Robert has scaled Tower One of La Défense, France's tallest building using just his bare hands and climbing shoes. The self styled French 'Spider-Man' has climbed over 100 buildings and monuments all over the world including the Petronas Twin Towers ...  

Although it was Alain Menu that was initially quickest, with only seconds remaining Robert Huff and Yvan Muller both eked out slender advantages over their teammate to complete the session with yet another Chevrolet 1-2-3. Gabriele Tarquini, who has been ...  

Urban climber Alain Robert, known as "the French Spiderman", scaled his country's tallest building on Thursday. Having climbed more than 100 skyscrapers and monuments across the world, Robert set his sights on the 231-metre First Tower at La Defence ...  

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The legendary Alain Robert, a French skyscraper climber nicknamed "The Spiderman", will climb The Torch Doha Hotel Tower for the first time on April 12th 2012. Robert is currently preparing for the ascent and will scale Doha's highest building without a ...  

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Roberts, a 22-year NHL veteran and current fitness guru to ... So did comments from head coach Alain Vigneault dismissing Hodgson after the 2009 preseason as a player using an injury as an excuse. This season – before which Hodgson had his first full ...  

Instead of being arrested and carted off at the top of First tower, Alain Robert was greeted by well-wishers and supporters. He reached the top of the 231-metre-high tower after roughly 1-1/2 hours of ascent using nothing but his bare hands and some talcum powder.  

Revel went "Whole Hog" as the "Taste of Revel" weekend came to a close, with chef/restaurateurs Alain Allegretti, Jose Garces, Marc Forgione, Michel Richard and Robert Wiedmaier putting their signature spins on pork. The event, held outdoors on ...  

Highlights include a two-hour kickoff party with Revel chefs Michel Richard (Central, O Wine Bar), Robert Wiedmaier (Mussel Bar), Alain Allegretti (Azure) and Iron Chefs Jose Garces (Amada, Village Whiskey, Distrito Cantina) and Marc Forgione ...  

Alain Menu (Chevrolet) took victory in race 2 of the World ... The others Chevrolet drivers struggled a bit, as Robert Huff was 6th, and Yvan Muller only 8th, but the Frenchman remains on top of the standings. 1. Muller 88 points; 2. Menu 61; 3.  

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CANNES, France—In a Cannes lineup packed with veteran auteurs— Michael Haneke, Abbas Kiarostami, Alain Resnais —and relative newcomers ... "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford." One of the longest-awaited and most ...  

Alain Laguerre, 27, was charged with attempted arson and criminal possession of a weapon after State Police arrested him on the westbound shoulder of the parkway, near the Robert Moses Causeway, at about 5:30 a.m. Monday, police said.  

Robert Pattinson, Brad Pitt, Reece Witherspoon and Kristen Stewart. A total of 22 films will compete for the coveted top prize, the Palme D’Or, including "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" by France's Alain Resnais.