Weird World

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Look no webs: Friendly French Spiderman

Self-proclaimed "French Spiderman" Alain Robert, reacts as he scales unaided the 88-storey Jin Mao Tower, China's tallest building, in Shanghai, China, Thursday, May 31 2007.

Robert is known for his daredevil attempts to scale some of the world's tallest buildings without the use of any safety or climbing equipment.

In this photo released by the Taipei 101 Building, French urban climber Alain Robert, aka Spiderman, scales the Taipei 101 building, the tallest building in the world, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2004 in Taipei, Taiwan.

French climber Alain Robert, known as 'Spiderman', climbs a 242-meter (264-yards) tall skyscraper in Moscow, Tuesday, September 4, 2007.

French climber Alain Robert, 44 years old, climbs Lisbon's Vasco da Gama tower for a television advertisement Monday, November 13, 2006, Portugal.

French stuntman Alain Robert talks on a cellular phone from the top of the Luxor Obelisk on the Place de la Concorde in Paris early Thursday April 16,1998.

Alain Robert climbed the 23-meter high ( 25,162 yards) Egyptian Obelisk and was arrested by French police afterwards.

The Eiffel Tower is seen in background.

French urban climber Alain Robert, climbs alongside the 190 meter high south pillar of Lisbon's April 25th bridge that spans the Tagus river Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Tagus bridge was inaugurated in 1966, connecting Lisbon to thesouth shore and later called after the Portuguese revolution in 1974.

Robert was later detained after walking down the steel tube sustaining the platform.

Freeclimber Alain Robert from France, known as 'Spiderman', climbs down the 106 meters (336 feet) high office building 'Debis Towers' in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 18, 2007.

French climber Alain Robert, known as 'Spiderman,' climbs a 242-meter (264-yards) tall skyscraper in Moscow, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007.

French climber Alain Robert, known as 'Spiderman', climbs a 242-meter (264-yards) tall skyscraper in Moscow, Tuesday, September 4, 2007.

French Alain Robert, known as spiderman wears a t-shirt showing the words "10 years anniversary" climbing the Petronas Twin Tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 20, 2007.

Alain Robert, a urban climber who calls himself "Spiderman" was arrested Tuesday as he attempted to illegally scale Malaysia's iconic 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers with his bare hands for the second time in 10 years.

Alain Robert climbs the Italia building in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, February 27, 2008.

The French skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spiderman" scaled a 42-floor building with his bare hands and no safety equipment as onlookers watched before being detained by police.

Alain Robert, aka Spiderman, the French skyscraper climber who goes by the name of the comic book superhero, climbs one of the twin Mercuriales towers in Bagnolet, east of Paris, Wednesday, March 15, 2006.

French skyscraper climber Alain Robert also nicknamed 'Spiderman', outside the building, talks with a fireman as he scales the 144 meters (474 ft) of the AGBA Tower in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 3, 2006.

Robert has climbed other buildings including the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower.