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Alain Robert Biography

Alain Robert (born as Robert Alain Philippe on 7 August 1962) is a French rock climber and urban climber, from Digoin, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. Known as "the French Spider-Man" (after the comic character Spider-Man), or "the Human Spider," Robert is famous for his free solo climbing, scaling skyscrapers using no climbing equipment except for a small bag of chalk and a pair of climbing shoes.

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It's a great feeling to know that 100 cops want to stop you doing something and they can't.

Cop, Feeling, Feelings, Know, Stop, Want

To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life.

Climbing, Drinking, Eating, Life, Part

Life has to be dangerous.

Dangerous, Life

When I climb a building, I've been there already, and carefully planned how to start the climb as well as how to do it.

Building, Climb, Climbs, Start, Wells

I don't want to follow the herd.

Follow, Herd, Herds, Want

I feel completely alone - it's like melting, I am the structure, and I am also Alain Robert.

Alain, Alone, Feels, Like, Melting, Structure

I see myself as a climber and an activist.

Activist, Climber, Climbers, See

We set ourselves limits, but we are all strong enough to aim higher, to achieve our goals. All we have to do is find such strength within ourselves. Know how to develop it.

Aim, Develop, Goal, Know, Limits, Strong

I make good money: One speech nets me more than what most people make in six months.

People, Six Months, Speech, Money, Six

All these buildings are like mountains I would like to climb, but I am forbidden.

Building, Buildings, Hiking, Like, Mountain, Mountains

Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done.

Court, Courts, Done, Fortunately, Understood

I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest.

Building, Buildings, Climb, Climbed, Climbs, World

When I was 12, I forgot the keys to my parent's apartment. So I simply climbed up seven floors to get in.

Apartment, Keys, Parent, Seven, Simply

If you've climbed the first 140 meters it doesn't mean that you've succeeded; you are going to succeed by climbing the last 10 meters.

Climbing, Lasts, Mean, Meters, Succeed

I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life.

Born, Giving Up, Healing, Life, Like, Risk

Authorities arrest me, release me, and then invite me back to host public events. I think it's interesting.

Back, Events, Interesting, Think, Thinking

Modern people are only willing to believe in their computers, while I believe in myself.

Believe, Computer, People, Willing

We are living in a world where everything is based on security.

Based, Everything, Living, Security, World

With buildering, I get to keep that element of danger. Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.

Danger, Elements, Faces, Feelings, Keep, Rocks