Alain Robert

Robert Alain Philippe said Alain Robert nicknamed Le Spiderman français The French SpiderMan born August 7 1962 in Digoin SaôneetLoire is a highlevel French climber specializing in climbing rock climbing in full solo without rope then in the climbing of buildings in full solo Born August 7 1962 in Digoin in SaôneetLoire Alain Robert spent his childhood in Valence in Drôme As a teenager he admired the exploits of the great contemporary mountaineers Bonatti Messner and practiced climbing on the cliffs of Vercors and Ardèche From that time on he integrated full soloing into his climbing practice identical to the progressions undertaken in mountaineering Over the years he progressed in sport climbing and in full solo and reached level 8 in the years 19901992 His performances are highly publicized and admired in the climbing world he set many difficulty records in full solo He realizes in particular in integral solo La Nuit du Lézard 8a at Buoux in 1991 with several random movements then considered by Alexander Huber as one of the most difficult solos in the world and the 8b sequence at Cornas de lAbominafreux 8a the Abomifreux 7c and the Abominable Finger Man 7b2 He was also very noticed in 1996 for the integral solo of Pol Pot 7c8a in the Verdon a morpho route with small grips and grips 250 meters above the ground considered one of the most audacious in history In 1982 he suffered two accidents The most serious a fall of fifteen meters head first during an abseiling because of a poorly made knot earned him six days of coma and multiple fractures to the skull nose wrists elbow pelvis and heels A year later however he is climbing again He nevertheless keeps many aftereffects of this accident From 1994 Alain Robert devoted himself to climbing buildings in full solo that is to say the ascent of skyscrapers without no rope His ascents are highly publicized and he becomes known to the general public At a height of 180 meters the Citigroup Center in Chicago will be the first of a long series of more than 170 buildings that Alain Robert will climb