• French 'Spiderman' climbs again, this time a hotel in Havana

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    Daredevil French climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, climbs the Habana Libre hotel in Havana, Cuba on Feb. 4, 2013. Robert climbed the 22 floors of the hotel in 28 minutes.

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    Alain Robert of France, who is known as "Spiderman," climbs up the Habana Libre hotel in Havana on February 4. Robert, who scales buildings all over the world without safety equipment, successfully climbed the hotel which is 413 feet high.

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    Alain Robert of France, who is known as "Spiderman" climbs up the Habana Libre hotel as a youth looks out a window in Havana.

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    Alain Robert of France climbs the Habana Libre hotel.

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    People watch Alain Robert of France, who is known as "Spiderman", as he climbs the Habana Libre hotel in Havana.

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    Robert celebrates atop the hotel with the Cuban national flag.

    Daredevil climber Alain Robert scales Cuba's Havana Libre Hotel without safety equipment in just 28 minutes. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

    See images in PhotoBlog of previous climbs by Alain Robert. 

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  • French 'spiderman' climbs another tall building, this time in Paris

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    Alain Robert, who has been dubbed the 'French Spiderman,' climbs the First Tower in Paris, France on Thursday. The First Tower skyscraper is 231 meters high.

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    Alain Robert, who has been dubbed the 'French Spiderman,' climbs the First Tower.

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    French climber Alain Robert, also known as "Spiderman", scales the 231 metre First Tower.

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    Alain Robert, who has been dubbed the 'French Spiderman' sends a text message after climbing the First tower.

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    French urban climber Alain Robert, known as 'Spiderman', climbs up the 231 meter high (758 feet) First Tower, the tallest skyscraper in France.

    You can see more pictures of Alain Robert's climbs in PhotoBlog.

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  • French Spiderman climbs to the top in Doha

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    Alain Robert climbs up The Torch hotel in Doha, Qatar on April 12.

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    French climber Alain Robert scales The Torch hotel, the tallest tower in Doha, on April 12.

    Alain Robert, who calls himself the “French Spiderman”, climbed 300 meters (about 985 feet) up The Torch hotel in Doha, Qatar on April 12. Robert, who has been scaling tall buildings since the age of seven took 75 minutes to complete the climb. The Torch hotel was built in the shape of the Olympic torch for the 2006 Asian games and is the tallest tower in Doha.

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    A crowd gathers to watch Alain Robert climb 985 feet up The Torch hotel in Doha, Qatar on April 12.

     

    Daredevil Alain Robert scales a hotel in Doha, Qatar on Thursday without a harness or safety ropes. Msnbc.com's Al Stirrett reports.

     

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  • French 'Spiderman' climbs Jakarta's Bakrie Tower

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    Alain Robert, the 'French Spiderman', climbs the Bakrie Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 25.

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    Alain Robert, who has been dubbed the 'French Spiderman' waves after reaching top of the Bakrie Tower in Jakarta.

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    Alain Robert, a French rock climber who has become famous for scaling tall buildings worldwide, climbs the 50 floors to the top of the 705-foot-high Bakrie Tower in Jakarta.

    Robert, known as the French 'Spiderman', has also climbed the Sears Tower, Sydney Opera House, Eiffel Tower, and Empire State Building without any safety devices.

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  • 'The French Spiderman' climbs Europe's tallest building

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    French climber Alain Robert, also known as "Spiderman", scales the Sapphire Tower in Istanbul May 17, 2011.

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    French climber Alain Robert, climbs the Sapphire Tower in Istanbul May 17, 2011.

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    French climber Alain Robert scales the 856 feet high Sapphire Tower in Istanbul on May 17, 2011. The Sapphire Tower is Turkey's highest building.

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    Alain Robert usually climbs skyscrapers illegally, but this time, he was invited to scale the recently completed building in Istanbul. Robert has climbed more than 70 skyscrapers including the Empire State Building and last March, the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. I wonder if it was as scary for the photographer as it looks like it must be for the climber.

  • French 'Spiderman' climbs world's tallest tower in Dubai

    Notice that, unlike in his past, illegal scaling of buildings in places from Paris to Sydney and Hong Kong, the French 'Spiderman' is using a rope and harness to climb this mammoth 2,717 foot-tall skyscraper, and the event is actually being organized by the tower's owner, who has an ambulance and stretcher at the ready.

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    Women take photos of French climber Alain Robert, nicknamed 'Spiderman', as he makes his way up the world's tallest tower of Burj Khalifa in the Gulf Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on March 28. Alain Robert, the 48-years-old climber, started his climb up the 828 metre high tower, expecting to take about six or seven hours to complete. Robert has been climbing since he was 12 years-old and to date has climbed over 120 buildings.

    What do you think - does having the event organized and safety measures put in place an obvious no-brainer, or does it make this feat too promotional and less daring?  Read the full story here.

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    French Spider man Alain Robert climbs up Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on March 28. Just before sunset Monday, a French skyscraper climber who calls himself "Spiderman" started to pull his way up the side of the world's tallest tower in Dubai.

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    French climber Alain Robert scales the 828 meter World's tallest tower Burj Khalifa in Dubai on March 28. French 'Spiderman' Robert is world famous for illegally climbing tall buildings across the world.