Alain Robert
Alain Robert is a French rock climber and urban climber. Known as “the French Spider-Man” or “the Human Spider”, Robert is famous for his free solo climbing, scaling skyscrapers using no climbing equipment except for a small bag of chalk and a pair of climbing shoes.
Alain Robert's videos
Available for
Languages:
- English ,
- French
Alain Robert's 2024 biography
Alain Robert Motivational and Keynote Speaker
The Incredible ‘French Spiderman’ Alain Robert climbs cliffs, mountains, gorges and skyscrapers… most often ‘without safety’. To date he has climbed around 200 skyscrapers, including the world’s tallest, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, at almost 3000ft. Alain is also officially world ranked in the ‘Top 100 Greatest Athletes of All Time’, alongside legends; Pele, Maradona, Muhammad Ali, Jack Nicklaus, Babe Ruth, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey and Jessie Owens, etc. In China they have even erected a bronze statue to French Spiderman Alain Robert. It is situated at the foot of Mount Tianmen, Hunan Province, China.
A number of Alain’s climbs have attracted live audiences of 100,000 or more. His Sapphire Mall climb in Istanbul attracted a press and media turnout of more than 400 international journalists and the climb was also shown live on 4 TV stations in that region of the world.
Alain is a living legend; the greatest and most exciting climber who ever lived. He is easy to work with, a charismatic ‘rock n roll’ star, who always gives 100%. Alain’s amazing life moves between 10 Star Accommodation as the special guest of Kings and Sheikhs; to spending time in the world’s most appalling ‘hell-hole’ prisons.
Passionate about Climate Change, he has raised huge amounts of money for the good causes he believes in. Alain is an extraordinary raconteur with a thousand real ‘life or death’ stories. Alain Robert’s talks are fresh, exciting and truly inspirational.