French spiderman climbs Burj Khalifa

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It took little more than 6 hours for French climbing legend Alain Robert to reach the summit of the world's tallest tower, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00My love for climbing is a long story so it will take ages to tell you.

00:09Actually I did start to climb when I was 12 until now and then all along my life I have

00:16always been climbing, climbing cliffs, climbing mountains, climbing buildings and then now

00:24I have climbed over 120 buildings around the world, the second tallest, the third tallest,

00:30the fourth tallest, the fifth tallest and then of course there was still the missing

00:35Burj Khalifa.

01:24OK, yeah, it was really windy today.

01:54It is just an inconvenience to Alan, it wouldn't stop him, you know, he's a master of his environment.

02:24Actually I feel bad for him, he's in this wind and you know it's a big struggle but

02:40I know he will do it, he's amazing.

02:42It's amazing, fantastic, you know, I hope he makes it to the top and I'm pretty sure

02:46he will do.

02:48I think he is brave and he is strong, holding himself up in the wind and the wind is very

02:55heavy.

02:56I think he can make it but I'm not sure.

03:00Actually I did it in 6 hours, 13 minutes, 55 seconds.

03:05Yes!

03:06Bravo!

03:07Which is the fastest ascent from the outside?

03:13Because that's the only one.

03:14It was nice because it's a fantastic feeling, especially, you know, when I was climbing

03:20on the last spiral, I was seeing that the top was not that far away, even though it

03:25was far away because it's over 100 meters but still I knew that, OK, this is the last

03:32part of the Berlin.

03:34The impression once you are reaching at the top is really amazing, it's quite no joke

03:40because this is 1600 meters, so it is tiring.

03:45When I did climb the first 400 meters, maybe even more, maybe the first 500 meters, that

03:53was tough because actually there is some grooves but sometimes they are not too bad, sometimes

04:02they are bad, so it was difficult for me to jam my fingers, so I was really, really suffering.

04:09All of these people were filming me and taking some pictures, they could see that my face,

04:15I was not really smiling, I was really fighting very hard.

04:20Actually this particular Berlin is a bit complicated because there is some portion which I would

04:28be able to climb without safety but there is some section which is totally impossible.

04:36So actually the way I did it, maybe it is not the smartest way but at least I did it

04:43and I hope that I will be able to do it again.

04:48I will be climbing the next tallest building.

04:51I'm sure there are guys in Dubai who want to make another one.

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