Despite multiple arrests this year, French spiderman Alain Robert is still doing what he does best - scaling skyscrapers.

The vertigo-suffering daredevil this week scaled the 33-storey City Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia, celebrating his feat with a spot of newspaper-reading atop the skyscraper.

Robert, who has scaled the Eiffel Tower, chose the City Tower to climb after police refused to let him scale Wisma Mulia.

He's had a tough time this year, getting arrested after climbing the New York Times building in June and a Hong Kong skyscraper in April.

Robert has scaled more than 85 giant structures around the world, usually using just his bare hands and climbing shoes.

Here is a slideshow of some of his crazier climbs and some frightening video footage.