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.