Alain Robert
Notable climbs
The table below contains the notable structures climbed by Alain Robert.

Alain Robert

Section Title: Notable climbs
Table Section Text: The table below contains the notable structures climbed by Alain Robert.

Location	Building	Date	Height	Notes

Sydney, Australia	Sydney Tower	1997	319 metres (1,047 ft)

Sydney, Australia	Sydney Opera House	1997	65 metres (213 ft)

Sydney, Australia	Sydney Harbour Bridge	1997	135 metres (443 ft)

Sydney, Australia	RBS Tower	2 June 2009	218 metres (715 ft)	Descended to ground. Arrested and fined A$750

Sydney, Australia	Lumiere building	30 August 2010	151 metres (495 ft)	Arrested at the top. Took about 20 minutes to climb the 57-story building

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Hotel Vermont	1996

Montreal, Canada	Crown Plaza Hotel	1999	120 metres (390 ft)

Montreal, Canada	Place de la Cathédrale	146 metres (479 ft)

Hong Kong	Four Seasons Hotel	2008	130 metres (430 ft)

Hong Kong	The Far East Finance Centre	1996	200 metres (660 ft)

Hong Kong	The Cheung Kong Centre	2009	283 metres (928 ft)

Hong Kong	The Cheung Kong Centre	2005	283 metres (928 ft)

London, England	One Canada Square	18 October 2002	244 metres (801 ft)	Abandoned half way due to rain

London, England	One Canada Square	1995	244 metres (801 ft)

London, England	Lloyd's building	2 April 2009	95 metres (312 ft)	Climbed to the 9th floor. Unfurled a 100 ft banner.

London, England	Portland House	18 December 2007	101 metres (331 ft)	Arrested. 40-minute climb.

Paris	Eiffel Tower	1996/97	313 metres (1,027 ft)

Paris, France	Grande Arche at La Défense	1999	105 metres (344 ft)	Failed due to heat, rescued by firemen

Paris, France	The Luxor Obelisk in Place de la Concorde	1999	31 metres (102 ft)

Paris, France	Tour Montparnasse	1995	209 metres (686 ft)

Paris, France	Tour Crystal at Front de Seine	2005	100 metres (330 ft)

Paris, France	Tour Crystal at Front de Seine	1996	100 metres (330 ft)

São Paulo, Brazil	FIESP(Luís Eulálio de Bueno Vidigal Filho)	1996	92 metres (302 ft)	Arrested on top

Paris, France	Mercurial Towers at Bagnolet	1995	125 metres (410 ft)

Paris, France	Tour Total	19 October 2004	187 metres (614 ft)	Wore a Spider-Man costume

Paris, France	Tour Total	20 March 2014	187 metres (614 ft)

Paris, France	Ariane building	8 October 2009	152 metres (499 ft)	No formal charges were brought against him

Frankfurt, Germany	Dresdner Bank Tower	1995	145 metres (476 ft)

Milan, Italy	Banca di Milano building	1995	112 metres (367 ft)

Tokyo, Japan	Shinjuku Center Building	1998	245 metres (804 ft)

Warsaw, Poland	Marriott Hotel	1999	140 metres (460 ft)

Johannesburg, South Africa	IBM Tower	1998	110 metres (360 ft)

Abu Dhabi, UAE	National Bank of Abu Dhabi	Feb 2003	173 metres (568 ft)	A legal climb. Watched by about 100,000 spectators.

Abu Dhabi, UAE	The Etisalat building	2005	160 metres (520 ft)

Abu Dhabi, UAE	ADIA Headquarters Building	2007	185 metres (607 ft)

New York City, United States	New York Times Building	5 June 2008	228 metres (748 ft)	Unfurled global warming banner. Arrested by police.

New York City, United States	Empire State Building	1994	381 metres (1,250 ft)

Chicago, United States	Willis Tower	1999	443 metres (1,453 ft)	Arrested on top

San Francisco, United States	Golden Gate Bridge	1996	227 metres (745 ft)

Philadelphia, United States	Blue Cross Tower	1997	185 metres (607 ft)

Las Vegas, United States	Luxor Hotel	1996	106 metres (348 ft)

Tampere, Finland	Hotel Ilves	2003	61 metres (200 ft)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Petronas Tower 1	20 March 1997	452 metres (1,483 ft)	Arrested at the 60th floor

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Petronas Tower 2	20 March 2007	452 metres (1,483 ft)	Arrested at the 60th floor

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Petronas Towers	1 September 2009	452 metres (1,483 ft)	Stood atop the highest point of the tower, fined MYR 2000

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia	Sabah Foundation Building	1997	150 metres (490 ft)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Melia Hotel	1997	80 metres (260 ft)	For fundraising

Singapore	Overseas Union Bank Centre	2000	280 metres (920 ft)	Arrested at the 21st floor

Singapore	Suntec Tower One	2008	176 metres (577 ft)

Republic of China	Taipei 101	2004	508 metres (1,667 ft)	Climbed as part of opening event. Tallest building in the world at the time of ascent.

Caracas, Venezuela	Parque Central Torre	2002	224 metres (735 ft)

Barcelona, Spain	Torre Agbar	2007	144 metres (472 ft)

Barcelona, Spain	Torre Agbar	2006	144 metres (472 ft)

Lisbon, Portugal	Torre Vasco da Gama	2006	145 metres (476 ft)	Optimus-sponsored legal climb to promote a phone.

Lisbon, Portugal	25 de Abril Bridge	6 August 2007	190 metres (620 ft)	Arrested

Mexico City, Mexico	Santa Fé World Plaza Corporate Tower	2006	127 metres (417 ft)

Bratislava, Slovakia	Slovak Radio Building	12 April 2007	80 metres (260 ft)	Took less than 20 minutes

Shanghai, China	Jin Mao Building	31 May 2007	420 metres (1,380 ft)	Arrested, expelled from China

Moscow, Russia	West Federation Tower	4 September 2007	244 metres (801 ft)	Detained by police.

São Paulo, Brazil	Edifício Itália	February 2008	168 metres (551 ft)

Beirut, Lebanon	Phoenicia Hotel	October 2008	239 metres (784 ft)

Jakarta, Indonesia	The City Tower	12 November 2008	150 metres (490 ft)

Jakarta, Indonesia	Bakrie Tower	26 March 2012	214 metres (702 ft)

Pune, India	The Amanora Tower	28 February 2010	100 metres (330 ft)	Took less than 12 minutes

Paris	GDF Suez building	7 April 2010	185 metres (607 ft)	Arrested at the top

Singapore	Singapore Flyer	5 November 2010	165 metres (541 ft)	First person to climb around the world's tallest observatory wheel.

Dubai, UAE	Burj Khalifa	28 March 2011	828 metres (2,717 ft)	Legal climb, partial use of safety harness. Tallest building in the world at the time of ascent.

Doha, Qatar	Aspire Tower	12 April 2012	300 metres (980 ft)	Set a Guinness World Record for climbing in the fastest time (1 hour, 33 minutes and 47 seconds)

Paris	Tour First	10 May 2012	231 metres (758 ft)

Port Louis, Mauritius	Mauritius Telecom Tower	21 June 2012	110 metres (360 ft)	Legal climb, took less than 30 minutes.

Moscow, Russia	Mail.ru office Tower	29 August 2013	109 metres (358 ft)	Legal climb, took less than 30 minutes.

Auckland, New Zealand	Metropolis Residences	12 December 2013	155 metres (509 ft)	Legal climb, promotion for Samsung Galaxy Gear.

Yekaterinburg, Russia	Vysotsky (skyscraper)	24 September 2014	188 metres (617 ft)	Legal climb, promotion for Sinara Group

Makati, Philippines	G.T. International Tower (skyscraper)	29 January 2019	217 metres (712 ft)	Arrested.

Sentence(s)

On 12 April 2012, Alain Robert set a Guinness World Record for climbing the 300m-high Aspire Tower in Doha, Qatar in the fastest time (1 hour, 33 minutes and 47 seconds).

final_sentence: On 12 April 2012, Alain Robert set a Guinness World Record for climbing the 300m-high Aspire Tower in Doha, Qatar in the fastest time (1 hour, 33 minutes and 47 seconds).