• 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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  • '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.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    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.

  • Cuban pruner climbs tall palm trees to cut down berries

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    Omar Aguilar, a pruner or "desmochador", climbs a Royal Palm tree to cut branches of berries on a farm on the outskirts of Havana February 17, 2011. The Royal Palm Tree, is also known as Cuban Royal Palm, and its berries are commonly used to feed pigs and produce oil.

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    Omar Aguilar, a pruner or "desmochador", climbs a Royal Palm tree to cut branches of berries on a farm on the outskirts of Havana February 17, 2011.

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    Branches of berries lie on the ground after Omar Aguilar cut them from a Royal Palm tree.