By scaling the Burj Khalifa, Will Smith, 53, climbed to the highest point a person can be on a man-made structure ... bid to claim the light at the very top. A photo from Dubai's Public Diplomacy ...

From the base of the building to the very top—which includes a spire and antenna—the Burj Khalifa is 2,722 feet, or a little over a half of a mile. Still, this wasn’t always the case.