‘Spiderman’ Alain Robert Makes Political Statement, Scales New York Times Building–Newly Updated

Alain Robert, or ‘Spiderman’ as he has come to be known in the Press, has allegedly just scaled the New York Times Building in New York City. Robert, a french stuntman, has gained world-wide notoriety for his outlandish stunts of scaling some of the world’s tallest buildings.

I have covered a few of his past exploits, but this is the first time, that I am aware of, that Alain Robert has actually made a huge political statement in the process. He scaled the 52 story Times building using no ropes or harnesses, as is his custom, and was shortly arrested after reaching the top.

Alain Robert ended up carrying a banner to the top with him. The banner read “Global Warming Kills More People Than 9/11 Every Week.” Kind of a gutsy statement to make in downtown New York City. Also, with the New York Times being one of the world’s highest circulated newspapers, you can begin to see why this is such a big deal. Can anybody predict the front page?

At this time, I don’t have any more details to provide. I do know that the area was taped off by police and the sidewalks were cleared in case he would fall, but this is also pretty customary when it comes to his building climbing attempts.

Alain Robert has scaled some of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Eiffel Tower, the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, and the Sydney Opera House. He was taken in to custody at 12:22 this afternoon, eastern time. When I hear more, I will update.

By the way, of course the New York Times would have a decent VIDEO of the incident–Go check it out! While your at it, you might as well stop by Alain Robert’s own website, which has a bit more info on the cause he is trying to draw attention to.

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Alain “Spiderman” Robert Uses Spidey Sense to Scale 495 Foot Edificio Italia

After stalking the grounds of the Edificio Italia, one of Sao Paulo’s tallest structures, for a week, Alain “Spiderman” Robert has once again been credited with another monumental climb.

Alain Robert, famous for scaling large man-made structures barehanded, had to use a bit of Spidey sense to get around security though in his latest quest. Alain appeared at the famed Edificio Italia more than a week ago and began staking out his next climb.

After a failed attempt earlier in the week, Alain Robert was detained and escorted from the building. His spotting at the famed building caused some unrest amonst the more than 130 companies that hold offices in the structure. Security was brought in and placed on stand-by.

Alain Robert than proceeded to come to the structure everyday. He was banned from climbing the building, but not from being in areas reserved for the public. He soon figured out the securities routine and waited for the right opportunity.

Before long a security guard took a mistep and onto the roof Spiderman went. He proceeded to climb down the 42 foot structure–then back up. As usual, Alain “Spiderman” Robert was detained on the roof once he was on safer ground. His latest feat had been witnessed by nearly 2,000 people and also brouht traffic to a standstill around the area.

Alain “Spiderman Robert is credited with free-soloing the Eifel Tower as well as the Empire State Building, Sears Tower, and Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumper as well as 70 other skyscrapers.

Two little known facts about Alain “Spiderman” Roberts:

Alain Robert is known for his bold ascents, but the public is unaware that he often climbs to collect money for charity. In 1997, he climbed -without authorization- the world’s tallest skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur.

In eight years, Alain Robert climbed over 70 skyscrapers and mythical monuments around the world. His greatest success so far : the ascent of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi with over 100,000 spectators !

To learn more about Alain “Spiderman” Robert please visit his personal website for photos, history, and news.

(sources:  The Houston Chronicle, www.alainrobert.com )