In February 2003, he legally climbed the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, UAE, watched by about 100,000 spectators. It became more frequent for Robert to be paid to scale buildings as part of publicity efforts. In May 2003, he was paid approximately $18,000 to climb the Lloyd's building to promote the premiere of the movie "Spider-Man" on the British television channel "Sky Movies". On 19 October 2004, he scaled the headquarters of the French oil company Total while wearing a Spider-Man costume.