Access Exclusive: Meet Alain Robert — The Real Life Spiderman

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Alain Robert scales the New York Times building in NY
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Alain Robert scales the NY Times building, June 6, 2008

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FIRST PUBLISHED: June 6, 2008 2:20 PM EDT
LAST UPDATED: June 6, 2008 4:21 PM EDT

NEW YORK, NY --

Alain Robert made news, climbing to the top of a 52-story Manhattan tower on Thursday, before police placed the real-life Spiderman under arrest.

Now, in his very first interview since being released from jail early Friday morning, Alain revealed to Access Hollywood, that the climb of the New York Times building wasn’t his first.

“The night before, I did a little trial,” he said. “I climbed a few meters. I saw that it was solid at least because my weight is only 50 kilograms [around 110 pounds]. I knew that I was going to use either the left hand side or the right hand side or both, but not staying in the middle.”

Alain explained no one caught him as he made his trial climb at around 2:30 AM, which only went up a few meters.

His real climb, however, he did for a cause.

“What I am hoping is that the government is going to realize that [the fight] on global warming, it’s something very urgent and we [have] until 2009 to [make] the right decision,” he said.

Alain said beyond his dreams of getting the government to help the fight against global warming, he has another dream – to climb a building in Europe.

“It’s climbing the Burj Dubai, which is going to approach 800 meters, more than double the New York Times [building],” he said.

He has no plans, however, to try and scale another American landmark — the Empire State Building.

“It’s full of platforms all along the building,” he explained. “The police might stop you after a few meters.”

But his climb was not without its costs. Early Friday, authorities in NY charged Robert with four misdemeanor counts for his climb: criminal trespassing in the third degree, reckless endangerment in the second degree, making graffiti and disorderly conduct.

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