Do you see a black dot in the pic? Well, that is French Spiderman ALAIN ROBERT 
whose hobby is to climb buildings and always welcome with hancuffs by Police.
He says that he climbed The New York Times building in Manhattan on Thursday to draw attention to Global warming. When he reached the 10th Floor he put a bannner saying Global warming kills more people than 9/11 every week."
He has climbed 70 skyscrapers and monuments.
Sydney, Australia – Sydney Tower and the Sydney Opera HouseRio de Janeiro, Brazil – Hotel VermontMontreal, Quebec, Canada – Crown Plaza HotelHong Kong The Far East Finance CentreThe Cheung Kong Centre LondonOne Canada Square Lloyd's building Paris, France Eiffel TowerGrande Arche at La Défense The Luxor Obelisk in Place de la Concorde Tour Montparnasse Tour Cristal at Front de Seine Mercurial Towers at Bagnolet Frankfurt, Germany – Dresdner Bank Tower Milan, Italy – Banca di Milano building Tokyo, Japan – Shinjuku Center Building Warsaw, Poland – Marriott Hotel Johannesburg, South Africa – IBM Tower Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates – National Bank of Abu Dhabi and the Etisalat building Abu Dhabi Investment Authority [ADIA], Headquarters Building, UAE United States of America Empire State Building – New York City Sears Tower – Chicago, IllinoisGolden Gate Bridge – San Francisco, CaliforniaBlue Cross Tower – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Luxor Hotel pyramid – Las Vegas, NevadaTampere, Finland – Hotel Ilves Malaysia Petronas Tower 1 – Kuala Lumpur (arrested at the 60th floor in 1997) Petronas Tower 2 – Kuala Lumpur (arrested at the 60th floor in visit Malaysia year 2007) Sabah Foundation Building – Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (for fund raising)
o Melia Hotel – Kuala Lumpur Singapore – Overseas Union Bank Centre (arrested at 21st floor in 2000) Taiwan – Taipei 101 Venezuela – Parque Central TorreBarcelona, Spain – Torre Agbar Portugal Torre Vasco da Gama25 de Abril Bridge[5]Mexico City- Santa Fé World Plaza Corporate Tower Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovak Radio Building Shanghai, China – Jin Mao Building Moscow, Russia - West Federation Tower
He has said that his next climb will probably be in South Korea.
To climb these building he does not use any equipments, only chalk for his hands and climbing shoes.
Ps : When ALAIN was 12, he climbed eight floors, got home by the window as he had forgotten his keys…
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