Alain Robert , the French Spiderman took on Abu Dhabi 's tallest building in front of a crowd numbering the tens of thousands without any safety mechanisms in place.. Alain Robert completed the climb in only 20 minutes!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

The audience cringed and cheered in fear and amazement as Robert scaled the 185 meters of the Abu DhabiInvestment Authority building.

Alain Robert has also climbed the Sears Tower in Chicago , Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur , EiffelTowerin Paris and EmpireStateBuilding in New York City .