You probably know of whom I speak, but only by the nickname of “Spiderman”. That is the nome-de-climb of Alain Robert, climber, Frenchman, and generally cocksure nutball.
He has scaled the Sears tower, the Effiel Tower, the Empire State building, the Sabah Foundation building, and almost climbed the Arch de la Defense (thats the Arch of the Defense for you Americains), but he got tired (wuss). Reports claim that there was a German halfway up the Arch, and being the loyal Frenchman that he is, he gave up. Anyway!
Well, he’s struck again. Actually, let me phrase that differently, considering he climbed this building in Singapore. He will be struck. Repeatedly. Considering that you can’t even chew gum in Singapore, and you get caned for vandalism, what do you get for trespassing, and essentially robbing the manhood of Singapore’s HUGE Overseas Union Bank Tower?
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Nice links, Ben. Especially enjoyable was the exact procedure for caning someone. Note to self… I wonder if he’s ever been psychologically examined. I also wish he would give a different reason for doing what he does than that the buildings are there, and that skyscrapers are urban mountains. What really goes on in the mind of the Spiderman?