- Title: SINGAPORE: French Spiderman Alain Robert climbs the Singapore Flyer
- Date: 5th November 2010
- Summary: SINGAPORE (NOVEMBER 5, 2010) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SINGAPORE FLYER FLYER TURNING ALAIN ROBERT STARTING TO CLIMB FLYER SINGAPORE SKYLINE VARIOUS OF ROBERT CLIMBING SINGAPORE SKYLINE THROUGH FLYER VARIOUS OF ROBERT OBSERVING VIEW SINGAPORE OPERA HOUSE VARIOUS OF ROBERT ARRIVING ON TOP OF FLYER ROBERT CHEERING MARINA BAY SANDS VARIOUS OF ROBERT CLIMBING CAPSULE WITH MARINA BAY SANDS IN THE BACKGROUND SINGAPORE SKYLINE ALAIN ROBERT SEATED FOR MEDIA CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) FRENCH SPIDERMAN, ALAIN ROBERT, SAYING: "No actually today I was having to think about the weather you know, the weather was a bit threatening." PHOTOGRAPHER (SOUNDBITE) (English) FRENCH SPIDERMAN, ALAIN ROBERT, SAYING: "In fact, it's a different way, but the thing is, nowadays, and since I am having the habit to deal with the authorities, I am always having a lawyer, so once you are having a lawyer, you can be sure that you won't for long inside." VARIOUS OF ROBERT OBSERVING VIEW ON FLYER (SOUNDBITE) (English) FRENCH SPIDERMAN, ALAIN ROBERT, SAYING: "In my life I did very difficult buildings such as the Sears Towers or even climbing the Petronas all the way to the top, I was not having any safety devices so it makes it, you can't afford to make even one mistake, so it is completely different in that, by climbing the Singapore Flyer I was using some safety from bottom to top to bottom and then I was not really taking any risk." VARIOUS OF SINGAPORE SKYLINE (2 shots)
- Embargoed: 20th November 2010 12:00
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- Location: Singapore
- Country: Singapore
- Topics: Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
- Reuters ID: LVADERABBDAULD62QDKWA9FVSGN3
- Story Text: French Spiderman, Alain Robert, climbs the Singapore Flyer worrying more about the weather than authorities.
French urban climber Alain Robert, also known as Spiderman, climbed the Singapore Flyer on Friday (November 5) worrying about the weather rather than authorities.
Robert was invited to climb one of the highest observation wheels in the world, standing at 165 metres, as part of the 2010 Singapore Mettle Games, an action sports event.
Participating in an organised event, Robert did not have to worry about being arrested after his climb, however, the rainy weather made the steel handles on the Flyer very slippery.
"No actually today I was having to think about the weather you know, the weather was a bit threatening," said Robert when asked if he felt relieved that he was not going to be arrested after his climb.
"In fact, it's a different way, but the thing is, nowadays, and since I am having the habit to deal with the authorities, I am always having a lawyer, so once you are having a lawyer, you can be sure that you won't for long inside," he added jokingly.
The 48-year-old climber is also used to climbing his obstacles with his bare hands, however, for this event, it was different.
"In my life I did very difficult buildings such as the Sears Towers or even climbing the Petronas all the way to the top, I was not having any safety devices so it makes it, you can't afford to make even one mistake, so it is completely different in that, by climbing the Singapore Flyer I was using some safety from bottom to top to bottom and then I was not really taking any risk," he said after completing his climb in about 35 to 40 minutes.
Robert has climbed more than 80 buildings around the world including Chicago's Sears Tower and Taipei 101 in Taiwan, the Kuala Lumpur Petronas Towers and the Eiffel Tower. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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