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Sep 1, 2009 · Tue 1 Sep 2009 07.14 EDT. The climber known as the French Spiderman has been arrested after scaling the 88-storey Petronas twin towers in Malaysia. Alain Robert, 47, reached the top of the...
Alain Robert (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ʁɔbɛʁ]; born as Robert Alain Philippe on 7 August 1962) is a French rock climber and urban climber. Known as "the French Spider-Man " or "the Human Spider", Robert is famous for his free solo climbing , scaling skyscrapers using no climbing equipment except for a small bag of chalk and a pair of ...
- Scaling skyscrapers
- French Spider-Man
- Climber
- Robert Alain Philippe, 7 August 1962 (age 61), Digoin, France
Sep 1, 2009 · Alain Robert sneaked past security early Tuesday to climb to the top of Tower 2 of the landmark buildings in Kuala Lumpur before he was detained, said city Police Chief Muhammad Sabtu Osman.
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Sep 2, 2009 · KUALA LUMPUR: French “Spiderman” Robert Alain Philippe was fined RM2,000 after he pleaded guilty to criminal trespass for scaling the Petronas Twin Towers. The 47-year-old was fined the amount in default of two months jail at the KL magistrate’s court on Wednesday.
Sep 2, 2009 · KUALA LUMPUR: "Spiderman" Alain Robert's only fault was his passion for scaling high-rise buildings, his lawyer told the magistrate's court here today in a bid to avert a jail sentence before his client was fined RM2,000 for scaling one of the Petronas Twin Towers.
Not everyone access the uppermost portion of the towers by elevators, in 2009, French urban climber Alain Robert climbed to the top of Tower Two using his bare hands without any protection, the whole process cost no more than 2 hours.
