French ‘Spiderman’ Alain Robert’s great climbs — in pictures

The ‘French Spiderman’, climbs 300 meters up The Torch hotel in Doha on 12 April, 2012. He took 75 minutes to complete his first climb in Qatar. Faisal Al Tamimi / AFP Photo
The ‘French Spiderman’ Alain Robert climbs the 388-metre Central Plains Fortaleza tower in Zhengzhou, central China’s Henan province in about two hours on September 22, 2012. AFP Photo
Alain Robert climbs Kuwait City’s Hotel Missoni on February 25, 2014 during celebrations to mark the Gulf emirate’s 53rd National Day and the 23rd Liberation Day. Yasser Al Zayyat / AFP Photo
Alain Robert uses his mobile phone after climbing the 231-meter high First Tower, the tallest skyscraper in France, at La Defense district in Courbevoie, outside Paris on May 10, 2012. Franck Fife / AFP Photo
The ‘French Spiderman’ climbs up Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower in Dubai on March 28, 2011. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo
French climber Alain Robert, popularly known as ‘Spiderman,’ rehearsing his upcoming Cayan ‘Twisted’ tower climb in Dubai Marina in December 2014. Courtesy Alain Robert