France's 'Spiderman' Alain Robert wowed spectators as he took on a 185-metre skyscraper in Abu Dhabi, the tallest in the city. The audience cringed and cheered in fear and amazement as Robert climbed the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority building without any safety mechanisms in place. Relying solely on his hands, feet and determination, he made his way to the top, using tiny slots in the concrete structure as leverage. Robert's only tool was a little pouch clipped to his waist and filled with powder to keep his hands from getting moist and losing grip.Robert hasn't stopped climbing despite the fact that he is partly medically disabled and has permanent vertigo, which are the results of a childhood...
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Spiderman Scales Abu Dhabi's Tallest Building
Posted by Jason Forthofer at 7:40 AM 0 comments
Labels: Alain Robert
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Disrespecting the Game
The game of baseball, and any sport for that matter is to be respected. The games we play give us their enjoyment, the memories, the dreams we had as kids to play them professionally. This is something one should never do. This is a Georgia State AAA baseball tournament game.
Posted by Jason Forthofer at 11:05 PM 0 comments
Labels: Baseball
Friday, June 6, 2008
Coco Crisp Charges the Mound
Coco Crisp charges the mound at Fenway. Checkout the initial punch he dodges, then lands one of his own. However, he would then get thrown to the ground by the D-Rays catcher and then punched a few times by more D-Rays.
Posted by Jason Forthofer at 11:30 PM 2 comments
Labels: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Brawl, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
For How Much to Fight Kimbo Slice?
Saturday night on CBS you got to see street fighter born via YouTube make his appearance on MMA. That is one bad dude. Almost as scary looking as his opponents ear after Kimbo punch it.
How much would it take for you to get in the ring? Me...no price.
Posted by Jason Forthofer at 10:07 PM 2 comments
Labels: Kimbo Slice