Alain Robert is better known as "The Real Spiderman", The Human Spider and the French Spiderman, and has been described as the World's Greatest Athlete!

When he was a child, his heroes were Bonatti, Rébuffat, Desmaison, some of the most famous rock-climbers of all time. Alain Robert was brought up with their lyric, epic adventures. He decided to become a top climber, but his parents did not much appreciate such a desire.

He did not want them to find out that he started to learn the rudiments of climbing as a boy scout. He learnt how to move, how to handle the ropes, so as to become a climber like his heroes. When he was 12, he climbed eight floors, got home by the window as he had forgotten his keys... His parents gave up!

Then, a few tries... Ready, go!

He had two serious accidents in 1982. Especially a 15-meter fall, head first.
He was rappelling. His rope came undone. Alain was in a coma for 5 days and received multiple fractures to the cranium, nose, wrists, elbows, pelvis and heels.

The prognosis was no joke at all: "this guy will never be able to climb again! " The after effects included Vertigo, caused by disease affecting the inner ear. The verdict of the French national health organization was that Alain was disabled up to 65%.

A year later, Alain Robert got back to the cliffs and soon reached back the top level, stronger than ever. In 1991 Patrick Edlinger gave him an award for his performance at Janssens Festival. Two years later, Juan Antonio Samaranche gave him the IOC (International Olympic Committee) award for his performance. He also achieved a world record for the most extreme solo performance, in the gorge of the Verdon (south of France).

In 1994, Alain Robert climbed his very first skyscraper, in Chicago. The "Urban Climber" was born. Alain realized that he enjoyed climbing what seemed impossible. After all, he was also aware that it offered him a chance to earn a living. So he went around the world searching for the skyscraper of his dreams... He was also sent to jail many times as he climbed without authorization. But it did not much matter: Alain Robert " would rather stay in a prison than in a hospital." Meeting people (presidents and prisoners, kings and shanty town folks) was one of the trip's highlights.

Put simply, in a ‘Top 10' that includes Evel Knievel, Blondin and Houdini, the incredible Frenchman can now be rated the ‘Greatest Daredevil of All Time.' He is regarded as the greatest ‘climber' of all time too. With a courage that knows no limit, he has already conquered more than 100 of the world's tallest buildings using nothing more than his bare hands. No ropes, no hooks, no safety nets......just his fingertips and the grips of his soles between world acclaim and oblivion.

Alain Robert is magnificent, unique, breathtaking......truly a class apart.