YeinJee's Asian Journal » Extreme Sports http://yeinjee.com Popular blog about Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, trend, events, traditions and offbeat stuff. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:11:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 French ‘Spiderman’ conquered Petronas Towers finally http://yeinjee.com/2009/french-spiderman-conquered-petronas-towers/ http://yeinjee.com/2009/french-spiderman-conquered-petronas-towers/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:56:18 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=24259 Alain Robert, nicknamed Spiderman, climbed successfully to the top of Malaysia’s iconic 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers on September 1…

The 46-year-old Frenchman is famous for scaling skyscrapers and famous architectures across the world, without safety equipments.

This was Robert’s third attempt to conquer the 452m Petronas Towers, formerly the world’s tallest building. He made the first attempt in 1997, and the second a decade later; both climbs were thwarted by authorities on the 60th floor.

He was subsequently arrested and fined RM2000 (~USD567) for illegal trespassing.

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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2009/french-spiderman-conquered-petronas-towers/feed/ 0 Kiwi skateboards 12,159km from Europe to China http://yeinjee.com/2008/kiwi-skateboards-12000km-from-europe-to-china/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/kiwi-skateboards-12000km-from-europe-to-china/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:45:49 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=5607 New Zealander Robert Thompson set out from Leysin, Switzerland on June 24, 2007 and embarked on a 12,159km journey of solo and unsupported trek by skateboard through Europe, USA, and across China.

His journey was completed in Shanghai on September 28, 2008 [via Shanghaiist]

Rob has unofficially broken the Guinness World Record for the ‘longest journey by skateboard’ currently hold by by Dave Cornthwaite with a distance of 5,823km. Rob’s attempt has been submitted to Guinness and is currently under evaluation.

Video below is a summary of his final 1,200km journey from Xixia to Shanghai; which kinda reminds me of Chinese movie “Getting Home”…

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BASE is the acronym for Building, Antenna, Span and Earth… the categories of fixed objects that are usual jumping platforms for this extreme sport. [more on Wiki]

KLITJ is becoming a popular event for BASE jumpers around the world; the annual event is moving into its seventh edition in 2008. Besides the 421m KL Tower, the jumping sessions are now extended to a few other locations across the country.

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