I enjoy every climb – maybe it’s because it’s a literal dance between life and death.
ALAIN ROBERTTo me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it’s part of my life.
More Alain Robert Quotes
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Soloing 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.
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All we have to do is find such strength within ourselves. Know how to develop it.
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People need to learn to live with more risk.
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Sometimes doing the forbidden can be nice.
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I make good money: One speech nets me more than what most people make in six months.
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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.
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I love all people, whatever race they are.
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I see myself as a climber and an activist.
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When I was 12, I forgot the keys to my parent’s apartment. So I simply climbed up seven floors to get in.
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We are living in a world where everything is based on security.
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I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life.
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Modern people are only willing to believe in their computers, while I believe in myself.
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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest.
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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.
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All these buildings are like mountains I would like to climb, but I am forbidden.
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