Urban Climber

Alain Robert is known as the French Spiderman. While Robert was in Hong Kong to promote his book "With Bare Hands", the 45-year old urban climber decided to scale the 46 story Four Seasons Hotel. He made it to the top and was then detained by authorities.

No doubt he will return someday to climb Hong Kong's tallest building - Two International Finance Centre. He has conquered more than 70 buildings and monuments around the world in his 12-year career.

I think he has found the way to kick boredom out of the day.

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Prefer to use the lift...

Submitted by huttriver12 on Wed, 2008-04-16 19:19.

myself!

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The first thought that crossed my mind when I saw

Submitted by Jeanne on Wed, 2008-04-16 11:16.

that picture was, "OOOH! Don't look down."

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I'm no expert

Submitted by djbtol on Wed, 2008-04-16 06:03.

but I imagine this guy is practically addicted to the adrenaline rush he gets from each new challenge.

Speaking of China, I read that he was deported from China for illegally conquering its tallest building. But the Chinese invited him back last November to climb a mountain as a tourism attraction.

Is there anyway other than illegal to climb the outside of these buildings?

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Scary way to stop boredom

Submitted by Elly on Wed, 2008-04-16 05:51.

and a shame it is so risky - dangerous and also not looked upon kindly by authorities! Oh, well. It's fun to read about it.

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