At age 55 and after 150 buildings, ’French spiderman’ keeps climbing

Alain Robert, dubbed the “French Spiderman“ for his gravity-defying climbing skills, has done it again. He reached the summit of the fourth-tallest building in the Paris business district on Wednesday (March 14), undeterred by security who had intercepted an earlier attempt. A hobby that started at 11 years old has taken Robert to more than 150 skyscrapers around the world, including Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, the Eiffel Tower, and the Sydney Opera House.