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Entries from Londonist tagged with 'alainrobert'

December 19, 2007

Alain Robert isn't the only one scaling London's buildings. Poor old Santa's having a hard time of it in Battersea. Does he just use one chimney, or should he scale all four? And do the resident Cybermen deserve Christmas presents anyway? We'll be featuring a seasonal Touch-up every day until Christmas, so please send entries to londonist - at - gmail - dot com......

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December 19, 2007

He’s climbed the world’s most iconic structures from the Eiffel Tower to the Petronas Towers. But French ‘Spiderman’ Alain Robert chose a curious challenge during his trip to London yesterday: Portland House on Victoria Street. Here’s the brute. As in, here’s Portland House, not Monsieur Robert. He’s much more gorgeous, see ---> The Gallic climber scaled the 320 ft building as a protest against climate change. On reaching the top, he was arrested for wasting......

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