Dan Goodwin from Las Vegas is a self proclaimed, amateur stuntman who in 1981 sucessfully climbed the Sears Tower and the John Hancock Center in Chicago, Illinois. After a six hour climb up the Sears Tower, he was arrested for trespassing and only released after paying a fine. He uses the pseudonym of "Spidey Dan". This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ... The word amateur has at least two connotations. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A view of the Sears Tower from the Chicago River. ... The John Hancock Center among other buildings as seen from the Sears Tower in Chicago The John Hancock Center in Chicago, Illinois is a one-hundred story, 1,127ft (344 m) tall skyscraper designed by structural Engineer Fazlur Khan of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and when completed in 1969, was... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich Official languages English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... A pseudonym is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person in authorship of a work of art; e. ...

He also climbed Chicago's John Hancock building. During this successful attempt, the Chicago Fire Department sprayed him with water hoses in an attempt to stop him from reaching the top.

External link

• BBC news report on climbing of the Sears Tower by Alain Robert (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/426249.stm)