How The Burj Khalifa Is Dubai's Lighting Rod | Richard Hammond's Big

The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world, which brings some challenges when it comes to maintenance. Richard joins an engineer as he travels right to the top of the spire to change a very important battery.
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[@MartinAston00]

Wonder how many times someone has dropped that tiny Allen wrench 🤣

[@drfuzzee]

@@MuhammadUmar-by5vx I hated it!

[@norm7312]

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[@cameronf3343]

If an Allen Wrench falls in the city and the person hit is too dead to hear it, did it really fall?

[@MK-it7wk]

The wrench would be like a missile of it fell from there

[@mish4272]

@@MK-it7wk Lol that's not how it works, check "terminal velocity".

[@simplewar]

Dropped that small Allenkey Here we go again.

[@AliMohamed-yq4wn]

You should take 2 up with you just in case

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

I would have that thing on a lanyard so it was always attached to whoever is bonkers enough to climb up there to change a battery.

[@abeeshake96]

Will likely kill someone on the ground with that.

[@6root91]

@@abeeshake96 you clearly haven't heard of a thing called terminal velocity not to mention air resistance.

[@insidecomputing9850]

Uqbah Kabir if you drop an Allen key on someone at terminal velocity it will do some serious damage.

[@AnimalzyNL]

The engineer seems like a genuinely nice dude. Usually the engineers etc. on this show always seem very serious and dull, but this guy seems like a fun guy to be around with.

[@ahmadkassab3131]

100% right, I know him personally

[@botyzzz2844]

@@ahmadkassab3131 Really?

[@ahmadkassab3131]

@@botyzzz2844 yes

[@botyzzz2844]

@@ahmadkassab3131 That's very nice

[@nakibsayyed4999]

Just imagine only carrying a single Allenkey on the top and dropping it by mistake...I can't imagine the intensity of depression and the frustration.

[@jamesclark7706]

Take a spare!

[@anthonyt2011]

@@jamesclark7706 1 in each pocket and 1 in each sock lol

[@sg5176]

Might aswell jump out at that point

[@nenaddimitrijevikj5125]

@@sg5176 lmfao

[@alfiecarey6932]

One of the very rare occurrences where Hammond is taller than someone...

[@niallmcaleavey6358]

Such a setup

[@seanr1647]

Everyone

[@_anthonydev_8448]

Ha true

[@personperson9841]

Best comment 😂

[@sugunawarwick]

Lol

[@xXxKAMIKAZExXx]

This is the view Richard Hammond thinks average height people see.

[@j.ke66]

Анатолий Чемизов speak English not enchantment table

[@Bullshit_Media]

@@j.ke66 LOL

[@RealAadilFarooqui]

savage

[@richjay1565]

@Sultan Abdulhameed II you think Brits are a 'race' 😮🤭

[@teletubboi6929]

Hah

[@atomosa7664]

Sure everyone talks about the height, but goddamn if the engineering isn’t ingenious

[@momashsenpai5348]

Indeed it is.

[@pitcrew8662]

Its so genius it’s almost frightening

[@straightbusta2609]

Arabs+South Asians(Mostly Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis) are the workforce of the Middle East

[@khaledmaher6602]

@@straightbusta2609 yea yea lies

[@straightbusta2609]

@@khaledmaher6602 huh?

[@jimmylozano7490]

Everybodies talking about the Guys height while the camera man is literally flying around

[@podecreates8953]

Lmao

[@lolrip818]

He’s in creative mode

[@Aria432]

damn, that made me laugh !

[@AlAmin-if9gx]

That’s drone stupid

[@lolrip818]

@@AlAmin-if9gx he was joking STUPID

[@donkeyspankgaming9244]

He’s afraid of heights but has a helicopter license lol

[@Saif0412]

Not the same, climbing what looks like a rod to that height and riding a helicopter.

[@newcoolgamer5537]

Saif0412 afraid of heights is afraid of heights, it doesn't matter how. If you go up 200 meters in the air does it mater how you go up? You would still be afraid when you looked down so shut up

[@LukusMaxamus]

"New Cool Gamer"

[@DD-ur4rc]

@@newcoolgamer5537 "Afraid of heights is afraid of heights". Not true. I'm a glider pilot and can sometimes be afraid of heights. My fear of heights is very specific, though. If I’m in an airplane, I don’t have any fear of the altitude at all. What I don’t like is when I'm out in the open at a unsatisfying height. Whether that is at the top of a building or on the edge of a cliff. For example, If I was on the top floor of the Burj Khalifa next to the window looking out, I'd be fine. But if that window wasn't there, I'd fuck right off.

[@xGiUsAx]

hes not afraid of heights if he just climbed the tallest building in the world lmai

[@mquale7438]

Richard: I am the tallest man in the world. People who've climbed the Everest : Ok, but ...

[@willshepherd4698]

That's what I was thinking.

[@koraptd6085]

Technically Mount Everest is still closer to the Earth's core than mount Chimborazo in Ecuador.

[@aaebsssb9914]

Kacper Seltenreich it’s higher from the ocean, but you’re still right

[@axyxb]

he was talking about that moment he was the tallest guy in that moment

[@brightlightmorning6549]

This is a mountain and this is a tower. Can’t be compared even in science

[@amiramiruddin7343]

After watching this, I have a lot more respect for construction workers

[@user-rr4it5uf7k]

Yes

[@jachu1433]

For someone afraid of heights, I feel anxious just watching this video 🥺😬😖

[@coolnegative]

I literally almost had a panic attack watching this!

[@hkhan6956]

Same 😂

[@troykruse5161]

Right there with you 🤢

[@itsreflex729]

no kidding

[@thegreatone582]

It made me tingle

[@Kj_Gamer2614]

They’re always strapped in. Even at the top they still had a wire so it would be safe. Also the wall is huge. You’re have to do your best to fall off

[@user-bk1oc9fi8s]

Imagine being up there during the new years eve and watching the fireworks by looking DOWN

[@chrisi7127]

1:12 "I'm looking at an aeroplane. below us" Americans: 😳😳😳😳

[@lolrip818]

Oof

[@gavinslatter]

Can you like not joke about that, it’s disgusting. Think of the victims.

[@chrisi7127]

@@gavinslatter Dude I live in a country where my relatives literally got gassed.

[@lolrip818]

@@gavinslatter Go be offended somewhere else

[@gavinslatter]

@@lolrip818 why are you such a terrible person

[@relaxedpenny604]

Hammond: I'm the tallest man in the world! 1st time buddy

[@ericgavizon8446]

Weird thing is, theres taller places on the planet. Like Everest where people live and hike constantly. Theres also orbiting space stations, which are much much higher than anything on earth. So sadly, he is not the tallest man in the world

[@hanoimenace]

@@ericgavizon8446 you hate fun don't you

[@dailylifevs.exotic1338]

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[@MuhammadUmar-by5vx]

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[@garrettk7166]

@@ericgavizon8446 I thought the same thing. How do we know nobody is on a mountain that's higher than the Burj?

[@ImPudgy]

When I was scrolling he kinda looked like tony stark

[@gpr-ce8ph]

😂😂😂

[@orvinsavero]

No, Robert Downey Jr looks more similar to Tony Stark

[@gpr-ce8ph]

@@orvinsavero becuase it's him as the actor

[@casp13]

@@gpr-ce8ph That's the joke haha

[@richjay1565]

Tiny stark

[@thechameleon2636]

2:53 I've never heard/seen a more "proud dad" moment in my life. You can just hear the love and passion in his voice.

[@TheKaluNaama]

there's something I don't understand too. why should anyone be so damn proud about having a child. YEEEE!! I'VE JUST ACCOMPLISHED THE MOST ELEMENTARY NO-BRAIN-REQUIRED TASK IN THE UNIVERSE! I FUCKED!

[@robloxtipsmaster]

1:42 "i am the tallest man in the world" cameraman flying overhead: haha mere mortal

[@robloxtipsmaster]

@Knowledge of Everything wait really? No way who would have thought :|

[@darshankumarsahoo194]

@Knowledge of Everything dude its a *JOKE*

[@user-lk3cf6yx6c]

I would have fainted in milliseconds after seeing the view from there

[@DrKampfpudding]

Because its so awesome right ?

[@surajprakash3181]

@@DrKampfpudding i would have , because I hav height issues😰

[@thegmodguy3411]

if u fainted u would just fall off the building lol

[@jonasknowsweather1250]

@@thegmodguy3411, lololol

[@CKzoidYT]

@@thegmodguy3411 then they wont be able to faint again after that. Win win 👍👍

[@misiker100]

the good news is if u ever fall you would have enough time to call your family and tell them that you love them

[@TensorWave]

I don't think 20-25 seconds would be enough to make a connection, let alone having a conversation.

[@andreasbalaskas7292]

Richard, so far, have done the most crazy experiments - challenges - travels in his life by join the trio in their shows Top Gear & The Grand Tour. However, the best experiment is yet to come, he found him self on the tallest so far building - skyscraper in this world. But he forgot one thing. (pee, poop and jump) which one is go to touch the ground first?? Too bad, he lost a unique experience

[@megavannanmd1348]

Made some calculation, if we ignore the air resistance, then he has 12.99921504694552 seconds left, well that is not enough for him

[@naveen5126]

@@megavannanmd1348 idk man, air resistance is an actual thing in the real world

[@megavannanmd1348]

@@naveen5126 then he will have 13- 15 seconds time, not much longer than that

[@syncorpiumanimations2401]

Richard: "Is there a lift back down" Dude in white shirt: 😐

[@Ascertivus]

Wow. That view _is_ incredible. Honestly, so is the entire building itself.

[@TNP-]

"I'm the tallest man in the world!" People in the international space station: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@kevinmaltby2346]

Mt Everest beats them all.

[@archiesutherland6127]

@@kevinmaltby2346, yeh. Everest is easily taller

[@maggiebawden]

@@archiesutherland6127 But not man made - just a wonder of nature.

[@itsreflex729]

@@kevinmaltby2346 i can see mt everest far away at the "distance"(if that made any sence at all)every time im going to school

[@xXdnerstxleXx]

I mean Dubai is at the sea level so it‘s not as tall as other places

[@markusvandelinde1048]

I just love that statement. "This is the highest you can be on a building on this planet."

[@Ascertivus]

Same. I think that that’s an absolutely incredible concept.

[@donactdum6635]

Right, aren’t humans fucking amazing in the barriers we keep pushing past?

[@KiranBhatWoodworking]

The guy guiding Hammond has good sense of humor! I lost it when he pulled out a tiny Allen wrench!

[@thomasomatthews783]

🗣🗯🛑 Imagine the fact that dual national Towery Maurice Burris-Hunt acquired controlling interest of the Burj Khalifa and Burj Al Arab in 2014. Within months he purchased Gevora Hotel converted a Hotel into the W Hotel. Becoming one of the wealthiest men in Dubai. While in America he is known for being beneficiary succesor grandson of billionaire Johnny Bryan Hunt founder of J.B Hunt Transportation also banker J.P Morgan and beneficiary of famous Radio and TV personality Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem estate. He reportedly accounts for a unbelievable percentage of the USA economy. His face was often pictured on the Burj Khalifa and his family in 2014 but try and find a picture of him!!

[@Srinathji_Das]

Beautiful perspective! Much appreciation for all who made it happen!

[@Demi_maru]

That technician is a product of manners and social etiquette. You can sense the professionalism in him.

[@gavingavin4572]

Imagine climbing all than and dropping the battery or the tool 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dnshable]

If I were them I would carry an extra couple of those just in case

[@markusz4447]

Imagine getting it on the head -> instant death^^

[@clarkkent2746]

@@markusz4447 With the battery probably, but the tool? Nah. I can't be bothered to calculate its maximum falling velocity (it maxes out after at most a couple hundred metres), but I highly doubt it will have enough momentum to seriously hurt sb.

[@swinbtr]

@@clarkkent2746 if it lands point down, thats a lot of pressure, even if it is over a small area. Could probably go into your skull quite a bit.

[@pushpavathir8235]

@@markusz4447 velocity decrease as displacement increases

[@forbidpenny36___78]

just watching this gives me chills

[@rheakeswani4220]

Love the shot at 4:01 !! Good Job Riaz Musthafa 👏🏼 👏🏼

[@junreybade1738]

Richard: im the tallest man in the world Mountain climber in mt everest: are we a joke to you?

[@MrEazyE357]

Everest blows my mind. Ever taken a trip by passenger jet? The summit of Everest would be just below where that plane was cruising. It's just insane!

[@bman4293]

@@MrEazyE357 if u think thats tall, compare it to olympus mon on mars, it is about 3-4 times the height of everest and when ontop if u look at the horizon i will still be seeing the base of the mountain

[@MrTurbo_]

are we just going to ignore the people on the iss?

[@junreybade1738]

The difference is all of those are not connecting to the ground/land😅 so the measurement of become tallest man on earth are not qualified😂

[@junreybade1738]

@@bman4293 olympus mons is not on earth😅

[@simes007us]

i'm getting anxiety from watching this video due to the heights

[@ballaadam5910]

Seriously that's how I felt 😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@radioblade5610]

then imagine what Hammond must have felt as he is Really scared of heights xD. i am not rlly that scared of heights myself

[@beepIL]

i don't get why i have that too... I skydive, i have no problem looking down from an airplane and jumping. but a much lower height of a tall building will immediately trigger this anxiety for me if i stand on top of it. and if the fence for whatever reason is somewhere at waist or slightly under waist height, it doubles the anxiety

[@ashu-]

@@beepIL can relate to this

[@confidentguy1727]

@@beepIL can relate too...but we can practice and we got now understanding of it.

[@adamw8469]

I can’t even watch without my knees getting weak. Incredible

[@ritishghosh3860]

How can some people dislike such an informative video

[@jjwasp1413]

wow someone is smaller than the hamster

[@ShadowGaming-ot6yf]

That’s insane. The view from the top is amazing. I would love to go up there

[@gurreg1524]

i have back chills at this very moment

[@jaydev1186]

If they could store it, that would be enough to power the entire building for 1 year🔥

[@samrathassan3583]

That would be a very efficient way...

[@Another_youtube_animator]

If the lighting goes down the outside of the building, if your at the bottom just touching it. Do you die XD?

[@nikezor1]

@@Another_youtube_animator No cause it's dispersed over the entire building, also the shortest path to the ground would still be through the building so you wouldn't get much charge running through you.

[@Another_youtube_animator]

@@nikezor1 ah nice

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Dubai has a lot of skyscrapers with magnificent architecture, just a beautiful place

[@jot2818]

All built using the fruits of oppression 🔥

[@DiamondsRexpensive]

While they look cool, they are an eyesore if crammed together in one place. 4:01 and 4:07 It represents the same thing junk food does in my opinion: lifeless-ness, fast life, and plastic (the surgery included too). Unnatural.

[@razar4615]

Built on blood and sweat of south asian laborers, living in inhumane conditions while being paid low wages, with their passports confiscated, neo-slavery in a nutshell.

[@royalpillows7716]

Raza R The law was changed in 2017 saying that: The laborers have to have their document and passports with them (Cannot be confiscated) and they have to have a 1 month (Paid) vacation and there has to be a medical clinic in every camp (There are more added laws) These laws were passed by the Ruler of the UAE (Sheikh khalifa)

[@Bottomgear5780]

Imagine taking James May up there. Terrified of heights. He’d love it.

[@n_0086]

That is what I'm also thinking hahahaha

[@SSett]

Imagine taking hammond up there

[@okthen842]

@@SSett huh?

[@fredaldridge9001]

SashaCda you look stunning 😍

[@bentemba3689]

I'm scared of heights, i get goose bumps looking at this Video.

[@YouTube2020NN]

This has to be the most astonishing amusing video on KZbin❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@admjcksn]

no-one: absolutely no-one: my recommended: haha lightning go boom

[@admjcksn]

@I C no i mean lightning

[@aespa690]

Everyone: youre not funny stfu

[@admjcksn]

@I C im pretty sure it was a typo, bc it should be lightning rod

[@admjcksn]

@@aespa690 clearly 91 people disagree

[@pandaprrr995]

It's amazing engineering. When you think of it, what technology has managed to achieve. Mind blown 💣

[@thomasomatthews783]

🗣🗯🛑 Imagine the fact that dual national Towery Maurice Burris-Hunt acquired controlling interest of the Burj Khalifa and Burj Al Arab in 2014. Within months he purchased Gevora Hotel converted a Hotel into the W Hotel. Becoming one of the wealthiest men in Dubai. While in America he is known for being beneficiary succesor grandson of billionaire Johnny Bryan Hunt founder of J.B Hunt Transportation also banker J.P Morgan and beneficiary of famous Radio and TV personality Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem estate. He reportedly accounts for a unbelievable percentage of the USA economy. His face was often pictured on the Burj Khalifa and his family in 2014 but try and find a picture of him!!

[@1slamExplained]

Interesting video, nice one Hammond.

[@powerstar817]

My heart is pounding.

[@mrunal902]

I imagined myself over there and literally my heart was racing.

[@marcoAKAjoe]

Same

[@zahidshabir4038]

When the guy said that the lightning hitting the Burj Khalifa has enough power to power the building for a year it made me wonder why don't humans try to harness that power we can get tons of free electricity and not have to worry as much when it comes to greenhouse gases and the environmental impacts of generating electricity in power plants and so on

[@Stickykobe420]

I have thought about this too, I am guessing they would need some type of storage device and it would probably have to be huge and able to withstand that surge of power coming in. Theoretically it’s probably possible, might be out of our reach for now. I Have never looked into it tho.

[@moneyman1995100]

Partially cause we don’t have the tech yet and also cause of powerful companies being corrupt and fucking us over for something natural like electricity or even water.

[@xnademolicious]

Lightning bolts average around 1GJ of energy which is around 277 kwh. The statement is wildly incorrect and if a bolt of lightning could be captured with 100% efficiency it would power the building for minutes, not years.

[@sabahsyed8780]

unfortunately lightning is practically completely useless as an energy source.

[@ArshdeepSingh-oc1oo]

Becos it's static electricity not current electricity

[@SanoRay]

Awesome of the awesome! Thanks you to both of you, Sirs!!

[@shreejanacharya8284]

my body is shivering while watching this video.

[@tinmoimoingay16]

Wow claimed the highest building in the world... Yet, to change the battery 🤣 I shall say that I’m truly amazed 😹

[@dmjaxun9848]

Imagine dropping the little allen wrench off the tower

[@whiteribbonman1]

+DMJaxun Why? Why bother? 🤨

[@6500s1]

@@dmjaxun9848 terminal velocity would sound pretty dangerous for the pedestrians

[@dailylifevs.exotic1338]

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[@dmjaxun9848]

whiteribbonman1 I meant if he had accidentally done so

[@quintenvana]

I'd love to see Clarkson try to get up there

[@joshmcnulty5950]

POOWWWEEERRRR

[@chimukahabasonda9048]

He wouldn't fit... I think...lol

[@haaris3354]

Jamil has come a long way. Very proud of him

[@user-rb6dg1vu6s]

The moment he was about to put his head outside my heart was out..

[@kbhavani7267]

Just imagine if Richard drops the pin and they had only one 😂😂😂😂

[@keukenrolinblik]

“I am the tallest man in the world” ISS astronauts: well yes but actually no

[@poopa2319]

not in the world tho lol . but people on Everest are higher up than him

[@lossantoscity3249]

Uhmm? Astronauts are not on this world they are on a space ship. So your statement is wrong 😂

[@sparta773]

Tuukka Silventoinen world means earth so he was wrong

[@puddycat2325]

Los Santos City space station*

[@aaebsssb9914]

Silly Boy If the original comment was in a philosophical context, then he would’ve been right

[@Bottledairsniffer247]

I had seen this already on the TV. It was very cool. I now know more than normal

[@aravindravi6845]

How much i love u Hammond...

[@ryotary379]

imagine if James was on top of the tower

[@Patrick_Bateman92]

HAMMOND! GET ME DOWN FROM HERE!

[@fsmfsm9941]

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow. This is brilliant". - Mr. Slowly

[@bobbobby1987]

This lighting rod doesn't provide light despite it's name but actually attracts lightning, very cool

[@vmuu]

These 2 seem like best friends ☺

[@karlschwarz1536]

Respect Richard Hammond! Respect!!!!

[@simsesworkshop1546]

Imagine "Oh. i forgot the screwdriver"

[@garettaski]

Lmao

[@eXplicit--]

This building is actually made by geniuses. What a brilliant masterpiece.

[@eouzcuemarz3114]

Go go Mr. Hammond!

[@Pranav_MH34]

Thanks for knowledge

[@D3RPTV]

“Im the tallest man in the world” *people on Mt Everest* “are you sure about that”

[@Mysil-bergsprekken]

And everyone on the ISS or a mountain over 823 meters

[@amierhassandimacuta3542]

OMG! I want to go there too.

[@uday1450]

Trust me. You don't

[@ajobindian]

Beautiful

[@ion951]

I've been to the top when I was there for deployment, it's an incredible view for $150

[@77icyy36]

1:36 Laughs on top on mount everest

[@HAZARDIEamir]

My hands are sweating watching this.😱

[@stevencameron3154]

This is making me so anxious

[@renurani315]

What a technology man excellent!!!

[@optimusprime1598]

"We are looking at an airplane below us" "Iam the tallest man on earth right now" - Richard Hammond

[@brownbearboxproductions3458]

In away Dubai is the biggest clock in the world too, similar to a roman clock

[@himanshujain3284]

This all time watching this video, i could feel the fear of such height on my phone screen. Goosebumps and shrinks in my stomach and across my whole body!

[@az..0N3]

I wish Ruchard went up there with a 360 camera and posted that video - what a view!!

[@adityaadhikari4615]

1:42 “I am the tallest man in the world.” A person who just climbed Mt. Everest at that very moment be like : Am I a Joke to You?

[@querube78]

Not the only time the words "Khalifa" and "rod" have been used in the same sentence... ;)

[@Bellinghamspence]

My stomach was doing flip flops watching this. Kudos To the Hamster. Awesome video.

[@BooksyBloom]

Loved it!

[@dutchdrifter8740]

Rashar is so likeable.

[@benjaminbaker6410]

The tallest a human was right then was the cameraman who was in creative mode

[@wandaprock1015]

Wow ! Fascinating ! Sure would not want that job 😳

[@bobcook231]

VERY VERY VERY VERY CCCCOOOOOLLLL !!!!!!!! THANK TOU GUYS !!!!

[@thediamondsoul7023]

I don't think i'll ever make it back down if I *ever* climbed that top.

[@Pandyyy]

Its easyer to climb than to get of lol Litterly

[@samf8074]

Imagine dropping the Allen Key😂

[@TheDrakula23]

Or fotgetting it...

[@johnedel135]

this gave me goosebumps

[@cupo3699]

I feel uneasy just watching this

[@Mrcandymanofficial]

Hammond: “I’m the tallest man in the world” People on Mont Everest: .....ok?

[@abdullahjamal4944]

Copied but ok

[@jh9083]

literally copied

[@jh9083]

@@abdullahjamal4944 sorry bro i copied you

[@lightcer3]

copied but no.

[@amazingcheapprojects3007]

1:05 he said "it is the highest you can be on a building on this planet" does this mean he knows about aliens with skyscrapers?

[@zinozee8929]

What is this feeling in my feet every time the camera angle is at the top 😂 vertigo new level

[@pavankumar-bb4ky]

I am getting shivering to saw video but these guys did it

[@kevincaldwell4707]

As soon as they opened that hatch at top, my heart stopped beating...way too high for a human to be without a parachute.

[@leonoleono64]

"Is there a lift back down?" Well... I mean if u have a parachute..

[@jaykay5369]

a base jump from there would be epic...

[@boltmann]

I can't watch Top Gear UK anymore without these old timers...😭

[@pusteblume5657]

I knew that burj khalifa in Dubai is a stunning building but when I saw this 1:06 I was even more impressed... it looks like a flower. ما شاء الله

[@ryanoops123]

imagine dropping the battery or the tool lmaoo