Robert scales the Skyper building in Frankfurt on 28 September Photograph: Daniel Roland/AFP/Getty Images
And he climbs back down again … Photograph: Michael Probst/AP
… where police detain him Photograph: Ralph Orlowski/Reuters
Robert climbs the Cheung Kong Centre on 16 August Photograph: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images
Robert scales the GT International Tower in Makati City, Manila, on 29 January Photograph: Eloisa Lopez/Reuters
People on the street below take photos of his climb … Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images
… before he returns to be taken away by police again Photograph: AP
Robert climbs the Heron Tower in London on 25 October Photograph: Tom Bamborough/Reuters
Robert scales the 38-storey Torre Agbar in Barcelona on 25 November Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters
Robert scales the Cayan Tower, the world’s tallest twisted building, in Dubai on 12 April Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images
The urban climber reaches into his chalk bag as he scales the Habana Libre hotel without ropes or a safety net in Havana on 4 February
Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP
Robert climbs up the 49-metre-high Bell Tower of the abbey in Saint-Maurice on 5 October Photograph: Maxime Schmid/EPA
Robert climbs the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai on 28 March Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features
Robert climbs the Cheung Kong Centre, the flagship building of Hong Kong’s richest man, Li Ka-shing, on 17 February Photograph: Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images
Guests look out from their bedroom windows as Robert climbs the 23-storey Phoenicia hotel without ropes in Beirut on 11 October Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP
Robert climbs the facade of the Dresdner Bank tower in Frankfurt on 18 June
Photograph: Arne Dedert/EPA
Climbing the Torre Italia tower in Sao Paulo on 24 February Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features
Robert climbs Tianmen mountain in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, on 18 November. China had invited him to scale the mountain despite banning him from the country for five years after he climbed a Shanghai skyscraper without permission Photograph: Reuters
Robert climbs the overhead baggage lockers of a Dragonair plane en route from Hong Kong to Changsha, Hunan province, on 14 November Photograph: Emmanuel Aguirre/Getty Images
Climbing a 243-metre tall building in Moscow on 4 September … Photograph: Reuters
… and being detained by police afterwards Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters
Scaling the April 25 bridge over the Tagus River in Lisbon on 6 August Photograph: Marcos Borga/Reuters
Preparing to climb the New Adia tower in Abu Dhabi on 23 February Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features
Robert climbs the 85-metre Abu Dhabi Investment Authority building on 23 February Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images
Scaling the Sydney Harbour Bridge without ropes or safety equipment on 21 November. He was arrested a day later Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images
Robert is taken away by police after climbing the Lloyds building in central London on 13 May Photograph: Reuters
Climbing the 65-storey Komtar Tower in Penang Island, north of Kuala Lumpur Photograph: AP
Robert stands atop the obelisk in Place de la Concorde on 16 April Photograph: Jack Guez/EPA
With the moon behind him, Robert climbs the cables surrounding Centerpoint Tower, Sydney’s tallest building, on 27 February Photograph: David Gray/Reuters
