A Wild Vista

Well, OK then — technically it might not be a Corbett (being located in Dubai rather than Scotland), but the Burj Khalifa (formally the Burj Dubai) which opened today, undoubtedly meets the altitude and reascent requirements, standing at 828 metres (2716 ft).

I wonder who’ll complete the first ascent (externally, that is — using the lifts or stairs wouldn’t seem to be in the right spirit)? My money’s on Alain Robert…

Burj Khalifa on 23 November 2009 (from Wikimedia Commons, author Poco a poco, CC-BY-SA license.

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