French athlete Anouk Garnier tried to split the rope climbing record on Wednesday by climbing a 110m rope to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower.

She arrived at her objective in just 18 minutes.

“I won’t be able to think I just did that, it truly is so ridiculous,” she claimed later on. “It was me against myself, so I did what was essential to get there.”

The two-time globe impediment program champion skilled for a calendar year right before making an attempt the climb.

Her report has not however been validated by Guinness Planet Data, but she mentioned this did not take absent from her accomplishment.

The present men’s record for rope climbing, held by South African Thomas Van Tonder, is 110m. The women’s document, held by Ida Mathilde from Denmark, is 26m.