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Alain Robert

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The Resume

    (August 7, 1962- )
    Born in Valence, France
    Birth name was Robert Alain Philippe
    Urban climber
    Climbed, among other buildings, the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House, the Sears Tower in Chicago and the Golden Gate Bridge
    Nicknamed Spider-Man

Why he might be annoying:

    He frequently wears a Spider-Man costume for his climbs.
    He has gone commercial: He is frequently paid to scale buildings for publicity stunts.
    He has also gone political: He climbed the HQ of French oil company Total SA as a protest against the war in Iraq.
    His attempt to climb the Petronas Towers, at the time the world's tallest building, was thwarted at the 60th floor, 28 short of the top (1997).
    He fell 25 feet while teaching students how to rely on their legs, broke both his wrists, went into a coma and was hospitalized for two months (2005).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He began climbing buildings at age 12 after he was locked out of the family's eighth-floor apartment.
    At age 20, he fell 50 feet while rappelling, fractured both forearms, his pelvis and his nose, was in a coma for five days and was partially paralyzed.
    Doctors told him he would never climb again, but he returned to climbing in only six months.
    He calls his three children immediately after he reaches the top of a building.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 94.44% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 73.68% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 65.38% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 44 Votes: 77.27% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying