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Frenchman begins climbing world's tallest tower

Frenchman begins climbing world's tallest tower

Just before sunset Monday, a French skyscraper climber who calls himself "Spiderman" started to pull his way up the side of the world's tallest tower in Dubai. Before he began his climb up the 2,717 foot-tall (828 meter) Burj Khalifa, Alain Robert said he expected the climb to take about six or seven hours. As night fell, a row of powerful spotlights shone on the side of the tower as Robert climbed.

 

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