As a crowd watched from below, he inched up the 160-floor building. Finally, Mr Robert reached the top of the antenna just after midnight. The climber, who is often arrested after his stunts, even deigned to use a safety harness this time – not part of his usual climbing attire. ‘It was a requirement from the government,’ he said. ‘I would have loved to do it differently, but I knew it was not possible.’
And he easily broke the nine-hour record for the fastest Burj climb. ‘I initially thought it would take between six to nine hours. It took me by surprise that I could make it quite fast.’
After such a feat, it was only a shock he took the lift down...
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