Posted on 08/01/2007 3:44:12 AM PDT by Webby_surfer
A famous urban climber Alain Robert, aka Spiderman, who has “conquered” the Eiffel’s Tower, Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, and Empire State Building, is coming to Moscow to climb the highest building in Europe – the Federation Tower.
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I wish him good luck.
The Federation Tower is a really nice building.
I want to see more of skyscrapers here in Europe. There’s no conflict between preserving our old historical city centers and building new, exciting structures.
By the way, here’s a clip featuring another legend, Felix Baumgartner, jumping from the tallest skyscraper in Sweden (my country), called ‘Turning Torso’ (it’s actually a twisting and turning skyscraper! A true gem of architecture created by Spanish genius Calatrava);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUXjEd83mwI
If he’s climbed the Petronas Towers (in Kuala Lumpur), he should be able to climb the Federation Tower, unless it has an especially smooth and flat surface.
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