Alain Robert, -- French Skyscraper Climber


	Alain Robert, -- French Skyscraper Climber
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ae23b9ec-eda9-4238-9127-48d4fcbb1e27/DF33ADB8-0D0F-4412-BB8A-1CCEB83D42D2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alain_Robert&oldid=207134168" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alain_Robert&oldid=207134168" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alain_Robert&oldid=207134168"><SPAN>Alain Robert</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alain_Robert&oldid=207134168"><P><B>Alain Robert</B> (born <A title="August 7" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_7">August 7</A>, <A title="1962" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962">1962</A> in Digoin, Saône-et-Loire (71) - Bourgogne, <A title="France" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France">France</A> as <B>Robert Alain Philippe</B>) is a French <A title="Rock climbing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_climbing">rock</A> and <A title="Buildering" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buildering">urban climber</A>. Nicknamed after the <A title="Marvel Comics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics">Marvel Comics</A> character "<I><A title="Spider-Man" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man">Spider-Man</A></I>," or "The Human Spider" he is famous for scaling skyscrapers, mountains and an iceberg believed to have sunk the Titanic.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alain_Robert&oldid=207134168"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/4AA48D06-86CE-4465-8B81-A95284D01D68" alt="Alain Robert climbing Petronas Tower 2 in March 2007" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alain_Robert&oldid=207134168"><DIV class="thumbcaption">
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Alain Robert climbing <A title="Petronas Twin Towers" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_Twin_Towers">Petronas Tower 2</A> in March 2007</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alain_Robert&oldid=207134168"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/7DA7D8F9-0506-4967-85B8-76CD24DB201E" alt="Alain Robert climbing Torre Agbar (Barcelona, 2007-09-12." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alain_Robert&oldid=207134168"><DIV class="thumbcaption">
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<B>Alain Robert</B> climbing <A title="Torre Agbar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_Agbar">Torre Agbar</A> (<A title="Barcelona" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona">Barcelona</A>, 2007-09-12.</DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/426249.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/426249.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/426249.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/A60DA223-6EFA-4E86-9697-2E0ED694C104" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/426249.stm"><FONT size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica">Saturday, August 21, 1999 Published at 14:13 GMT 15:13 UK</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/426249.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/43DDEE76-E08E-4BA2-974A-A6A60008BBEF" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/426249.stm"><FONT size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica">Alain Robert caught on camera about 80 floors up...</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/426249.stm"><FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">A Frenchman, calling himself "Spiderman", has climbed one of the tallest buildings in the world, the Sears Tower in Chicago.  
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