As I was climbing the gt tower in Makati Philippines I got a real issue when I bumped my head and nearly lost my balance and for a split of second I have felt a very strong adrenaline discharge in my whole body . But this kind of situation has been rather common for me over the last 50 years climbing freesolo . More like before it wasn’t documented as only the head camera can capture it and before it didn’t exist . Even internet didn’t exist when I did the most amazing part of my climbing career and legacy which is freesoloing the 1st 5.13d in the climbing history. #climbing #freesolo #adrenaline #challenge #mindset #resilience #climbinginspiration
climbing the 220m gt international tower in Makati has been rather a difficult experience as I have discovered along the way that those aluminum slats were barely holding my weight which on the top of it and as the last two meters were not possible once at the nearly top or 218m above the ground I have had no other option that to down climb the entire building and at the same time cumulating 336m . #Climbing #freesolo #challenge #reslience #adventure #mindset #escalada #climbinginspiration
Reaching the top of the Burj khalifa 828m that is still the tallest building in the world at 61 years old after a 9hours ascent . It was on the 20th of November 2023 and I have climbed it already on the 28th of March 2011 in front of an enormous crowd and on that very special occasion the Sheikh Mohammad al Maktoum came to see me climbing with his son whom will be the future ruler of Dubai. Definitely an amazing building and ascent . #Climbing #freesolo #challenge #adventure #adrenaline #resilience #mindset #climbinginspiration .
In March of this year Climbing the Gt tower in Makati Philippines was rather a scarry experience due to the lousyness of the structure . Always having my warning on a high alert as each of those aluminum slats could have gone potentially down with myself on it and I had to really distribute my weight as much as I could as climbing on some egg shells. So having to do it up and down has been rather a stressful experience. #Climbing #freesolo #beyondmycomfortzone #challenge #resilience #mindset #climbinginspiration
And if aging wasn’t such a fatality ? At least and as far as im concerned I have decided to continue to climb freesolo as it is what I have been doing my whole life long and since I’m still mentally and physically fit I’m still doing what I love .A journey started 50 years ago . First by freesoloing on rocks snd then shifting on to buildings but also being back on rocks . However im perfectly aware that my best performances were more than 30 years ago but all I did successfully in my life wether is is on rocks or on buildings I did it with a broken body and 66% disability since 1982 . Somehow a lesson of resilience and an invitation to overcome obstacles . #climbing #freesolo #challenge #mindset #resilient #climbinginspiration
Without a single doubt the Torch tower in Doha is the most dangerous building j have ever climbed freesolo in my career on the top of being also difficult due to the overhang on the last third of the tower . An official event organized by th Emir of Qatar that was transmitted live on Al Jazeera but also followed and filmed by the guinessworldofrecords whom gave me a certificate after reaching the top but also Discovery Channel , BBC and even Redbull TV whom invited me few days later on there live TV show in Austria . Feel free to DM me. #Climbing #freesolo #masteringfear #challenge #adventure #mindset #climbinginspiration
those are 6 of the hardest buildings in the world that I have climbed freesolo back in the days . 1 Framatome in la dèfense 1998 maybe 8a 2 Sears tower in Chicago 1999 close to 8a 3 Holiday Inn in Johannesburg 1998 could be 7c 4 OUB in Singapore 2000 close to 7c 5 Blue Cross Philadelphia 1997 close to 7b with only one Crack as if having a bigger span you’ll be able to use 2 and it may be only 6c . 6 Bank of Slovakia in 1998 only 7ab as it is a short building . Once again those are only suggestions as none of those buildings has ever been repeated . #Climbing #freesolo #challenge #resilience #pushingthelimit #climbinginspiration
I’m posting this little climbing video that is summarizing pretty well my journey since I have started to climb freesolo 50 years ago . The fact that at nearly 62 years old im still at it is rather comforting for the majority of people as giving a different perspective and the meaning of aging in 2024 . I’m not trying to push people to climb freesolo but more to invite people to understand that aging isn’t a fatality and we can still do a lot of things . Do not hesitate to comment or to DM me . #Climbing #freesolo #resilience #challenge #mindset #adventure #goals #climbinginspiration
At 60 years old I have decided to make my return on rocks after an absence of 22 years and climbing directly freesolo in Verdon in some unknown routes and once again playing with my limits although I have left rock climbing with a Ferrari engine that I was pushing in the red but for my come back I was only equipped with an Honda civic but discovering that my philosophy was still the same as also pushing it in the red . Feel free to ask me some tips on DM. #Climbing #freesolo #mindset #challenge #pushingthelimit #resilience #climbinginspiration
Although climbing freesolo tge skymelia in Barcelona is not really a performance , aging is definitely a countdown and climbing freesolo those tall buildings or cliffs is interogting our societies as at the same time inspiring a lot of people but Also frightening plenty of them whom are playing by the book all along there lives as they are not use to it to question the establishments as they can only feel at ease amongst the herds of our societies . they are the one condemning a potential fall but they are ignoring the fact that on the average every single day 5k people are dying in the world victim of a car accident or a scooter . Accident whom are nowdays very often linked to our smartphones equipped from GPS that most of the drivers are manipulating whilst driving . #climbing #freesolo #challenge #adventure #mindset #climbinginspiration
Mastering fear and dealing with obstacles is somehow what’s life is about from the moment we born until our last day . I decided in my life to apply it voluntarily by climbing freesolo those cliffs and giant buildings and it did teach me a lot about life as those are universal values that you can apply in any kind of fields. #climbing #freesolo #resistance #challenge #mindset #climbinginspiration
Not sure if you are sharing the same opinion of those two guys commenting on my climbs freesolo and barefoot in Verdon at the age of 60 and something . As far as im concerned I would think that it is rather inspiring . Please let me know your thought on that matter and do not hesitate to contact me on DM. #climbing #freesolo #goals #mindset #challenge #resistance #climbinginspiration
Climbing the 828m Burj khalifa in Dubai at the age of 61 years old . At today it remains the tallest building in the world . A building that I have climbed on two occasions . My first time in 2011 shortly after the opening of the building and the second time more recently on the 20th of November 2023 with my friend climber @alexis.landot . Each time I have had to use a safety rope under the requirements of the Dubai’s authorities . #climbing #burjkhalifadubai #tallestbuildingintheworld #mindset #challenge #climbinginspiration
The Blue Cross blue shield in Philadelphia that could be 5.12c is amongst the hardest building in the world with the condition of using only one Crack which it was for me mandatory as lacking of wingspan for using two . Otherwise it’s a complete game changer as with two Cracks it will be a lot easier . Mostelikely 3 to 4 levels lower in terms of difficulties and maybe only 5.11a or b . I climbed it in 1997 when I was at my best period . This building is really hard as the horizontal lips are very thin but also the vertical ones running the building from bottom to top and it is so tiny that it is impossible to jam the tip of one foot . So instead you can only progress with some very hazardous frictions on the windows which is terribly unsecure and nerves wracking when you are naeraly climbing 200m like that freesolo . #climbing #freesolo #pushingthelimit #challenge #mindset #masteringfear #climbinginspiration
Although my through legacy is on rocks when I did climb the first two 5.13d freesolo in the climbing history back in 1991 a legacy that has been recognized by the climbing community such as @alexhonnold or @alexander_huberbuam for only quoting some of the best specialists in the world but I was very surprised two days ago when I discovered the A.I through ChapGTP as not even a word abt the best part of my climbing history when i was freesoloing on rocks but instead an entire career focused and recognized all over the world in the mainstream medias and the social medias that only recognizing my worldwide fame and popularity on Buildings. Isn’t it something wrong with the A.I ???? I’m sharing it with you my friends and im curious to get your feedback. Do not hesitate to DM me . #climbing #freesolo #challenge #adventure #resilience #climbinginspiration
Down climbing freesolo and all the more in Verdon is rather impressive since you are starting from the top . There is always that very strange feeling when you are leaving the horizontal of the plateau that is somehow representing life and all of the sudden you are retrieving yourself into an hostile element in the event of a fall and it is rather a very complicated mental exercise. #climbing #freesolo #challenge #adventure #mindset #climbinginspiration
Sometimes things are happening so fast that it is just out of an ultimate reflex that I managed to bend all of my muscles and in a huge effort avoiding the worst . Climbing freesolo is amazing but we need to keep in our minds that it’s a one way ticket . For me mastering fear is my story . As a young boy afraid of everything and especially heights, falls and deaths there was a giant step in between the person I was and the one I’m not. what saved me is my dream . I wanted to become courageous . I had to decide wether a dream was going to remain just a dream or wether I could potentially realize it out of willingness and willpower . So I have decided not to give up in my dream . #Climbing #freesolo #adventure #challenge #masteringfear #climbinginspiration
Climbing freesolo at the age of 60 years old and challenging your life is an act of resilience but also an act of faith in yourself but also the invisible . Overall life is nothing else than overcoming numerous obstacles in between the moment we born until we die . It is not a pessimistic vue of life but the exact contrary. #Climbing #freesolo #resilience #challenge #obstacles #climbinginspiration
3 months ago in Philippines as I was climbing freesolo the Gt tower in Makati and after reaching a dead end two meters below the summit I have had no other options than to down climb the 218m building before I could surrender to the cops . However it was an intresting experience as this building is extreme fragile and those all slats were barely holding my weight . #Climbing #freesolo #challenge #mindset #masteringfear #mindset #climbinginspiration
I have been climbing freesolo solo for so long that I couldn’t tell you the number of close call I have dad . What I can tell you is that I have always accepted it as a part of the game in my life time philosophy . Some people may not understand and im not asking them to . Out of freedom which somehow im entitled and im living my life through my own set of rules and whenever I breach the law im punished to the full extent of those laws and paying my debt to the society . It’s fair game . I’m not asking you to understand as mostelikely you won’t. #climbing #freesolo #mindset #challenge #resilience #adventure #climbinginspiration
At the top of the Petronas twin towers in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia . Highest twin buildings in the world since 1997 . An amazing victory after two failed attempts in 1997 which I get arrested on the 60th storey as there is a platform running all around the building and I got the same problem in 2007 and also arrested on the 6oth storey once again . Then in 2009 I did start the ascent at pre dawn and as I was in the complete darkness I didn’t get spot by the security and police of the building . I got a little headache to pass the 87th storey as a lot higher than the other storeys although it is rather morphological as for someone taller it is not a big issue . Then the two spheres are a bit more complicated . the first one that is overhanging quite a lot and the second one to reach the top . as once up there I had to climb down and to get back on the last platform to surrender to the cops on the 88th storey of the building located at 360m above the ground as the top is nearly 100m higher at 452m . #climbing #freesolo #challenge #adventure #mindset #climbinginspiration
Enjoying @sofitelbalinusadua what im still considering as the best Sunday brunch in Bali with a large variety of cuisine surronded by a very dedicated and professional staffs that will help you and serve you within the limits as they can do and starting from 3pm you will be allowed ro move at the Toya beach club enjoying some nice music and good food with some drinks for another two to three hours on the beach . #sofitelbalinusadua #sundaybrunch #Bali #nusadua #epicurean #hedonism
Sunday brunch @sofitelbalinusadua . A must do if you are in Bali and I really invite you to discover there excellent cuisine from different corner of the globe . #cuisine #sundaybrunch #bali #sofitelbalinusadua #hedonism #epicurean @turahastika_pinatih @chefamaury @sofitelbalinusadua
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