Browsing archives for August, 2007

Club members gather to find solace in heightist world

Inspirational Tall People 27 August 2007 | 0 Comments

Stephen Moss
Saturday August 25, 2007
The Guardian
I am 6ft 4in, which yesterday made me one of the shorter men in the Wotton House Hotel, near Dorking, Surrey, [...]

So……you think you’re tall?

Record Breakers 14 August 2007 | 1 Comment

Guinness World Records -Search for The Tallest Man in each country
For more than 50 years Guinness World Records has been chronicling records including the Tallest Man in the World and now we are looking to find the Tallest Man in each country*. Why? Because we believe this [...]

Ukrainian crowned world’s tallest man

Inspirational Tall People 10 August 2007 | 3 Comments

A Ukrainian man has been officially recognised as the tallest person in the world, rising above the previous Chinese holder of the title.

Leonid Stadnik lives at home with his mother

Leonid Stadnik, a 37-year-old former veterinarian, was measured at 8 feet 5 inches (2.57 metres) in 2006, making him more than 8 inches (20 centimetres) taller [...]

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