Alain Robert, a free solo climber known as the “French Spider-Man,” celebrated his 60th birthday in a big way. Robert, who has climbed several large buildings in the world including the Burj Khalifa ...

LONDON — A French extreme free climber who calls himself Spider-Man and who has become famous for scaling buildings around the world climbed Heron Tower, the tallest building in London City’s square ...

BARCELONA, Spain -- French urban climber Alain Robert scaled a 29-story hotel in Barcelona with his bare hands in just 20 minutes. Footage released Tuesday showed 54-year-old Robert, who is known as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert is usually alone when he climbs. But this time round, three young climbers joined the 60 year-old athlete who says he'll ...

Age is just a number — at least according to the "French Spider-Man." French free climber Alain Robert recently turned heads upward in Paris when he scaled a 48-story skyscraper to celebrate his 60th ...

The "French Spider-Man" scaled another skyscraper Tuesday, but Philippine authorities were not amused, arresting him after his descent, The Manila Times reported. Alain Robert, 56, who has climbed the ...