Alain Robert
Alain Robert ( born August 7, 1962 in Digoin ) is a French free climber known as Spiderman and outside the climbing community because of the ascent of many buildings in the free solo style.
Life
In January and September 1982 Robert was killed each hard when he fell 15 feet in depth - first, as a snare crack where the top rope was secured, then, when solved a knot while rappelling. Although attested him a 66 percent disability and predicted that he would never be able to climb again, he climbed already again six months later.
Robert has climbed more than 70 skyscrapers and monuments around the world, including the Eiffel Tower, 1994, the Empire State Building in New York and on December 25, 2004 in four hours, 508 meter high skyscraper Taipei 101 in 1997 and 2007 tried the Robert to climb Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, but both times was arrested at the level of the 60th floor. Beginning of September 2009 reached Robert the top of the Petronas Towers, but was later convicted of his classified as illegal action in a process to either a fine of 2,000 ringgit to pay ( around 500 euros ) or to serve a two - month prison sentence. Robert accepted the payment of the fine.
On September 8, 1999 Robert the Grande Arche in Paris tried to climb, but failed and had to be rescued from the building wall in a spectacular rescue operation of the Paris Fire Department. On 18 May 2007, he climbed the 106 -meter high debis house in Berlin, just two weeks later, on 31 May 2007, the relatively easy -to-climb 421 meter high Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai.
Alain Robert was reported on 13 November 2007 from China for illegal climbing of a skyscraper. Five days later, he climbed back already legal in China. Robert was invited for by a local tour operator. He defeated on 18 November the Tianmen Mountain in central China.
Alain Robert climbs not only from sporting grounds, but also in the context of events. Greatest success in this regard was on 21 February 2003, the ascent of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi with more than 100,000 spectators. For the conference "Education without borders 2007 ", which until February 27, 2007 took place from 25 in Abu Dhabi, he climbed on 23 February 2007 the New Adia Tower.
On 6 June 2008, Alain Robert climbed the building of the New York Times in the heart of Manhattan and unrolled halfway up a banner on which he warns of the consequences of global warming. The banner was to read that due to global warming every week, more people die than in the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. As he was in Malaysia in 2007, also here a short time after waiting on the rooftop of the building New York police arrested.
The same banner he unfurled on 7 July 2008, when he had boarded the skypers skyscraper in Frankfurt am Main. While climbing the Cheung Kong Centre in Hong Kong on 17 February 2009, he wore a T -shirt with regard to global warming.
Robert wants to continue as long as it allows him to his physical condition. " I like my life. I travel around the world and what I do allows me to live, "said Robert, who is married, has three children and lives in the southern French town of Pezenas.
2009 Alain Robert was featured in the documentary " The Spider Man ". Previously, he was already in the documentation " Jeremy Clarkson meets the neighbors: France" to see.
On 28 March 2011 he defeated the tallest building in the world, the 828- meter high Burj Khalifa in Dubai, this time because of conditions with safety ropes.