FTP, what ascetic spent the last 36 years of his life living on the top increasingly higher pillars?
A bit ironically, the city of Antioch founded the monastery of Kal'at Semaan around his remains.  Born in 388 CE at Sisan, Syria, he moved from his monastic home to a secluded hut to a rocky desert outcropping.  He enjoyed the counsel of famous figures like the Emperor Theodosius, but eventually had to move to avoid pestering pilgrims.  FTP, what ascetic spent the last 36 years of his life living on the top increasingly higher pillars?
A bit ironically, the city of Antioch founded the monastery of Kal'at Semaan around his remains.  
St. Simeon Stylites the Elder