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Robert has climbed landmarks including the Burj Khalifa, Eiffel Tower, [3] the Sydney Opera House and the Montparnasse Tower [3] as well as other of the world's tallest skyscrapers, most of them performed free-solo. On 20 March 1997, he climbed the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia but was arrested at the 60th floor, 28 floors ...
Alain Robert climbing Petronas Tower 2 in March 2007. On this occasion, he was arrested at the 60th floor. Alain Robert has achieved worldwide renown and is widely regarded as the greatest of all builderers. In 2011, he climbed the world's tallest building, the 830-meter Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai. On that occasion, he used a harness in ...
Notable building climbers include Alain Robert (who also made world's first-ever free solo of an 8b (5.13d) climbing route), who has free soloed major buildings including the Eiffel Tower and the Burj Khalifa. [19]
Alain Robert has climbed more than 150 skyscrapers around the world, including Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building and the Eiffel Tower. French 'Spiderman' climbs London's 230 ...
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Dubai’s cityscape, with the Burj Khalifa at the centre (Getty Images) The skyscraper, in Dubai, is the world’s tallest building at a height of 2,722ft (830m).
The Burj Khalifa [a] (known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration) is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and the world's tallest structure.With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding antenna, but including a 242.6 m spire) [2] of 828 m (2,717 ft), the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world since ...
Reflecting on the Burj Khalifa climb a decade later, Smrz feels that it's increasingly rare for a studio to allow a movie star, and a stunt crew, the time and resources necessary to pull off a ...