French climber Alain Robert, known worldwide as the "Spider - Man" climbed the tallest building in Kazakhstan's capital Almaty on Saturday (April 24).
Robert scaled the 138 metre tall Esentai Tower in one hour and seven minutes. It was the first building he has climbed in Central Asia.
Robert usually performs his climbs without insurance or the permission of the building owners. However Kazakh organizers insisted that he climb with insurance. Despite the strong wind Robert managed a selfie on the climb and blew kisses to the audience of more than 2,000 gathered at the bottom.
"Spider - Man" Robert has climbed more than 70 tall buildings around the world, among them the IBM main office, Hilton Hotels, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the main building of Moscow State University in Moscow.
In March 2011 Robert climbed the tallest building in the world - the 828 metre tall skyscraper the "Burj Khalifa" in Dubai, which took him over six hours.
