Replying to Really 107 tries???

I just saw Long Story Short for the 100 000 time, and just like each time I stopped at Colby Wests part when he s trying that fucking long 6times kinked handrail. He almost kills it at first attemt but bails in the outrun and then it seems like he s trying to clean the rail the whole day (you gotta look at the light and the shadows, in the beginning the light is bright and its before midday and in the end its almost sunset)
In the movie it says that he tried that rail 107 times!!! I mean, 106 bails onto a stair is a fucking lot and I can´t understand that someone tries something for so long. So I was wondering if the 107 tries are real or if its fake, cuz... I don´t know, what do you think?