Spiderman!!

Alain Robert climbed his first building at 11 years old.

He was locked out of his apartment building in Bourgogne, France; his parents hours from coming home.

So naturally, when an obstacle stood in his way, the only choice for the young adolescent boy was to climb the seven story structure using his bare hands.

“Ironically the residence name was L’Oisans, the second biggest mountain in France.”

It was ironic because this particular moment would mark the first of many free-solo ascents Alain would scale in his lifetime, who would go on to be known around the world as the “French Spiderman”: the climber who not only scaled cliffs and mountains, but most notably some of the world’s most towering skyscrapers using only his hands, and a bit of chalk.

“It all started after I saw a movie when I was eight, called “The Grieving Snow” [Translated to “The Mountain” 1956], a film inspired by a novel written by Henri Troyat. It’s about a plane flying from India who crashes near the top of the highest mountain in Europe, where two very talented climbers decide to tackle the massif to seek survivors.

From that day Alain began to take rock climbing seriously, growing up with a one-tracked mission to face his fear of heights and pursue the path he found to be most daring.

Clambering up L’Oisans provided a priceless life lesson that would start his career: Alain couldn’t possibly fear the act of climbing, while actually climbing.

He quickly became known for being able to take on some of the most challenging cliffs and routes in the sport– all of which were free-solo, meaning he did not have the security of suction grips, harnesses, ropes, or safety equipment.

But Alain would unfortunately realise that such risky ascents can be coupled with dire consequences.

In 1982 the quick-footed rock climber lost his grip, plummeting a horrific 15 meters from the top of a cliff.

Instinctively, he put his arms in front of him to break his fall onto the jagged rocks at the base of the overhang, shattering his wrist, forearms, and elbows promptly upon impact.

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