Spiderman climbs the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut
Alain Robert (Spiderman) who is famous for climbing famous skyscrapers around the world was in Beirut last week. He climbed the famous Phoenicia Hotel but the whole thing was too commercialized. He had permission from the hotel and the whole event was staged as a publicity stunt for Gillette. Not as interesting as his other climbs, very disappointing. [YouTube]
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Oct 19, 2008
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13 Comments, add your own...
1. AMQ | October 20th, 2008 at 12:52 am
what has climbing an almost 15 story building got to do with Gillette’s smoothes shave. (it really is. . .)
2. Maya | October 20th, 2008 at 1:07 am
This guy is seriously talented. According to his website ( http://www.alainrobert.com/en/identite.htm ) he has a disability level of 60% and suffers from vertigo! His kids apparently climb too. Whoa..
3. mhb | October 20th, 2008 at 1:15 am
everything in Beirut has to be commercialized! Phoenicia should have claimed TV rights too!! :P
4. ISF-Man | October 20th, 2008 at 3:06 am
Hahaha I love Lebanese people yall play techno music at any event any time! brilliant
5. Lexicon | October 20th, 2008 at 4:39 am
thats not techno, thats idiot house
6. ar53nal14 | October 20th, 2008 at 6:08 am
The police didn’t catch him at the end? Where’s the fun! :D
7. map | October 20th, 2008 at 7:40 am
that guy is frickin brilliant
8. Kuwait | October 20th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Last time I knew, he never climbed with anything but his bare hands. What’s that string for?
Maybe something from Gillette to avoid a ‘close shave’.
9. Pure | October 20th, 2008 at 10:34 am
I agree with Kuwait, i was wondering abt the same thing as well !!
he never used anything while climbing ..!
10. Adrenaline | October 20th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Its legal…its not interesting.
11. Ozy | October 20th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Yea they were talking about this on the radio for about a week before the event.
12. Q80saracen | October 20th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I’d like to see his ass climb Arraya 2….now that would would be something.
Spiderman climbs Arraya 2: Sponsored by KDD
Coooool…
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