Alain Robert: born August 7, 1962 in Digoin Sanone-et-Loire(71)- Bourgogne, French. Nickname: Spiderman, he is famous for scaling skyscrapers. Robert has scaled 85 giant structures around the globe including many of the world's tallest structures, most of which he has scaled using only his bare hands and climbing shoes. Robert's urban climbing career has been characterized by an ever-expanding list of famous landmarks which includes the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House and the Montparnasse Tower in Paris (in the 90s), Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (the tallest building in the world at the time in 1997), the Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois (110 stories building in 1999), the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, UAE (watched by about 100,000 spectators in 2003, 200 meters = 656 ft), the Total, French (187 meter = 614 ft in 2004), the Taipei 101, Taiwan (the world's tallest building 508 meters = 1,667 ft in 2004), the Cheung Kong Centre, Hong Kong ( 283 meters = 928 ft in 2005), the Baltic Sates - Europa Tower, Vilnius (148 meters = 486 ft in 2006), on March 20, 2007 he again climbed the Petronas Twin Towers marking the 10th anniversary of his previous ascent of this building, the Jin Mao Building, Shanghai, then China's tallest skycraper in 2007, the Federation Tower, Moscow, Russia's tallest skycraper (244 meters = 801 ft in 2007), the Four Seasons Place, Hong Kong ( 60-story in 2008), and many more.
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