French 'Spiderman' arrested after climbing Sydney building

[chowka]

French Spiderman Alain Robert arrested after climbing Sydney's Lumiere building <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=story_headline) -->

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August 30, 2010 11:32AM

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Alain Robert, nicknamed "Spiderman", has made his fame by climbing famous buildings around the world / AAP

<!-- // .image-frame --> Alain Robert started to climb the 57-storey Lumiere building on Bathurst Street in Sydney before his arrest / AAP

FRENCH stuntman Alain Robert has been taken into police custody after climbing up the outside of a skyscraper in Sydney's CBD. <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=story_introduction) --> <!-- // .story-intro --> <!-- google_ad_section_start(name=story_body, weight=high) --> Robert, known as the French Spiderman, started to climb the 57-storey Lumiere building on Bathurst Street at 10.30am (AEST).

He completed the climb in about 20 minutes. Cheers rang out as Robert reached the top of the skyscraper and again as he was taken into police custody a short time later. Publicity agent Max Markson said the climb was a wonderful achievement. "He's the best at what he does,'' Mr Markson said.
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"I'm sad he's been arrested but hopefully he'll get out soon and we can have some champagne.'' Robert, who tries to draw attention to the problem of global warming, has previously climbed the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the Eiffel Tower and the New York Times building.

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[Yuan Shao]

High times... Alaine Robert, a French urban climber who calls himself "Spiderman", was arrested by Sydney police after scaling the RBS Tower.

Crowd pleaser ... a crowd of 200 cheered when he reached the top of the building and immediately began his descent to street level.

Office gossip ... shocked office workers looked on as Robert climbed to the 41st level.


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[Yuan Shao]

Let's be 'aving you ... police were eagerly awaiting Robert on the ground.

Street act ... police had closed off a section of Bent St between Phillip and Macquarie streets and had officers ready to arrest Roberts.

Issues ... Mr Robert, who climbs to raise awareness to political issues close to his heart,
announced before the stunt that his latest adventure was for "climate change".


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[Yuan Shao]

High-class traveller ... Mr Roberts has scaled more than 80 skyscrapers all over the world including Chicago's Sears Tower,
Canary Wharf in London and the Petronas towers in Malaysia.

Gotcha ... Mr Robert was was duly arrested him when he finished his descent, to more cheers from the crowd.

Don't fall ... a police rescue team was on standby just in case Mr Robert slipped-up.


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[Yuan Shao]

Climbing high ... Alain Robert, a French urban climber who calls himself "Spiderman", scrambles up the 62-story, 283-metre tall Cheung Kong Center,
the flagship building of Hong Kong's richest man, Li Ka-shing / AP

Daredevil ... dressed in orange pants, the urban climber was seen scaling the glass and steel edifice / AP

Window view ... French extreme climber Alain "Spiderman" Robert makes his way to the summit of the Agbar Tower in Barcelona / AFP


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[Yuan Shao]

"Hi mum" ... Robert takes time out from the climb to take a call on his mobile /AFP

Say cheese ... a fan of Robert inside the Agbar Tower takes a cheeky souvenir of the event / AFP

Hanging tough ... "urban climber" Robert checks his footing as each window takes him closer to the summit of the tower / AFP


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[Yuan Shao]

Wave of relief ... fans of the French climber were treated to celebratory wave as Robert neared the end of his adventure / AFP

Topping it ... now how to get down from here. Alain "Spiderman" Robert summits the Agbar Tower / AFP

Angling for attention ... Robert climbed the Arch of La Defense outside Paris in 1999 / AP


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[Yuan Shao]

Monkey grip ... Alain Robert puts his tendons to the test in this 1998 climb in Poland / AP

Training ... Alain Robert practices his freeclimbing in preparation for his attempt to scale the world's tallest building,
the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur / AFP

Attention span ... Sydney has not escaped the attentions of "Spiderman", Alain has climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 2003 / AFP


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[Yuan Shao]

Cable guy ... Alain Robert had made a visit to Sydney in 1997, when he attempted to climb the Centrepoint Tower / Mark Evans


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[david]

Good post. Thanks for the photos

 

[zuoom]

super. this is a living spider man. but it seems the last one is more business oriented.

the webby in question.
http://onehundredmonths.org/

via : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...obert-arrested-climbing-Lumiere-building.html

more on his official website.
http://www.alainrobert.com/index.php/english/HOME.html

 

[singveld]

Sam leong, I must protest your gov.

spider man is an inspiration to everyone in the world, yet he is treated like criminal in your wonderful country.

Your sick nazi police force turn a blind eye to sheep shagging but find time to arrest a hero of the world.