Alain Robert the French Spiderman
I have either seen, heard of, or read about almost every single miraculous feat accomplished by humans in my time. It seems impossible to isolate any one of these unbelievable feats as being special.
But I must personally choose the exploits of Alain Robert, the French Spiderman as the most outstanding personality I have ever seen. Alain Robert is now 60 years old, is married to Nicole and has 3 sons, Lucas, Hugo and Julien.
He has climbed almost every one of the world`s tallest buildings freestyle, without ropes or any safety equipment. Just his fingers, talcum powder and feet in all this death defying activity. He has climbed over 85 of the tallest buildings all over the world.
And when he has climbed these buildings, he has to climb down again to a point where he can enter the building via a door or window, sometimes many hundreds of feet below. The police are always waiting to arrest him, but a few days in jail and Alain is free again.
He suffers from Epilepsy and has to take daily medication and also has moderate Vertigo.
To give examples of Alain`s accomplishments would be impossible. You must surf the web and see/read them all for yourself, plus video`s and lots of photo`s.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Robert
I have some small experience of being subjected to heights and to see this man standing on the top spire of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur without any support and waving his arms about at 1,483 feet high, most probably with a significant wind gives me the creeps.
Below is a shot of him after climbing the Petronas Towers enjoying his success on top of the spire. A helicopter is seen flying way below him.
He climbed in June 2017 the Melia Barcelona Sky Hotel without a safety harness.
See image - click for size - Alain on top spire of the Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
But I must personally choose the exploits of Alain Robert, the French Spiderman as the most outstanding personality I have ever seen. Alain Robert is now 60 years old, is married to Nicole and has 3 sons, Lucas, Hugo and Julien.
He has climbed almost every one of the world`s tallest buildings freestyle, without ropes or any safety equipment. Just his fingers, talcum powder and feet in all this death defying activity. He has climbed over 85 of the tallest buildings all over the world.
And when he has climbed these buildings, he has to climb down again to a point where he can enter the building via a door or window, sometimes many hundreds of feet below. The police are always waiting to arrest him, but a few days in jail and Alain is free again.
He suffers from Epilepsy and has to take daily medication and also has moderate Vertigo.
To give examples of Alain`s accomplishments would be impossible. You must surf the web and see/read them all for yourself, plus video`s and lots of photo`s.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Robert
I have some small experience of being subjected to heights and to see this man standing on the top spire of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur without any support and waving his arms about at 1,483 feet high, most probably with a significant wind gives me the creeps.
Below is a shot of him after climbing the Petronas Towers enjoying his success on top of the spire. A helicopter is seen flying way below him.
He climbed in June 2017 the Melia Barcelona Sky Hotel without a safety harness.
See image - click for size - Alain on top spire of the Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
