Sometimes doing the forbidden can be nice.
ALAIN ROBERTSometimes doing the forbidden can be nice.
ALAIN ROBERTModern people are only willing to believe in their computers, while I believe in myself.
ALAIN ROBERTI make good money: One speech nets me more than what most people make in six months.
ALAIN ROBERTAll these buildings are like mountains I would like to climb, but I am forbidden.
ALAIN ROBERTWith 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.
ALAIN ROBERTI enjoy every climb – maybe it’s because it’s a literal dance between life and death.
ALAIN ROBERTI don’t want to follow the herd.
ALAIN ROBERTIt’s a great feeling to know that 100 cops want to stop you doing something and they can’t.
ALAIN ROBERTSoloing is the most beautiful way of climbing; no material constrains, just you and the rock, the sun, nature; a kind of school for courage, willpower and self-confidence.
ALAIN ROBERTWe set ourselves limits, but we are all strong enough to aim higher, to achieve our goals.
ALAIN ROBERTIf 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.
ALAIN ROBERTFortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done.
ALAIN ROBERTWhen I was 12, I forgot the keys to my parent’s apartment. So I simply climbed up seven floors to get in.
ALAIN ROBERTI see myself as a climber and an activist.
ALAIN ROBERTThere is a percentage of people who want to be a little bit outside their comfort zone and I am one of them, someone who lives on the edge.
ALAIN ROBERTI was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life.
ALAIN ROBERT