There are three palm island developments and a group of islands resembling the world in Dubai, each full of luxury and splendor. All of the grandness and human rights debates aside. These islands are engineering marvels. To create an island seems to be an easy enough task, find some water and pour dirt and rock into a focused place until the dirt and rock rise above the water. But, to do that and make it stable for construction is a whole different ball game. Then you add on to that the fact that there is a design involved and this group of islands is made into a specific arrangement of shapes, is extremely impressive to me. The creativity, vision, persistence, and perseverance that it took to create these islands is awe inspiring. And to think, it all started with one persons idea.

Frenchman Alain Robert climbs the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Building, the tallest building in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Robert does this climb with no ropes, using only his bare hands and the shoes on his feet. On top of that Robert suffers from vertigo that was the result of a climbing fall in 1982 that left him in a coma and with multiple broken bones.