On the track record of "Spider-Man," as Frenchman Alain Robert calls himself, a large white spot has disappeared. On March 28 of this year, he managed to "climb" onto the tallest building in the world - the skyscraper Burj Khalifa ("Khalifa Tower") in Dubai, whose height is 828 meters.
Allen expected that the conquest of the “Tower of the Caliph” would take him 7 hours. However, he managed to climb over 100 floors and a glass spire in just over 6 hours. Climbing took place under the light of powerful spotlights aimed at the daredevil.
A difficult test fell on the share of several hundred viewers gathered below. Many will still have a neck ache from the fact that they stood for several hours with their heads raised into the sky. Fire engines and ambulances were also on duty below, whose services, fortunately, were not needed.
Robert was getting ready to climb in a Dubai hotel, pushing himself off the floor and doing abdominal and stretching exercises. For the past few days, he had been on a diet rich in carbohydrates, and spent all his free time looking at the Burj Khalifa skyscraper, which looked out the windows of his room, as if remembering the path that he would soon have to follow. Unlike the vast majority of previous climbs, the 48-year-old daredevil used ropes and climbing equipment.
Moreover, he did this not of his own free will, but at the request of the organizers, who, in case of refusal, threatened to ban climbing. However, Alain practically did not use the ropes and equipment, as always, relying on his hands and feet.
Prior to the Khalifa Tower, Alain Robert conquered more than 70 skyscrapers, including the New York Empire State Building, Chicago's Willis Tower and The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. In 2004, he climbed the Taipei 101 in Taiwan, which until the opening of the Burj Khalifa was considered the tallest building on the planet.
