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hes
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SUPERLATIVES
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igo
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erer
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ok a
way
now
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e w
e ce
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ate
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hing
s ve
rtic
al a
nd v
erti
gino
us,
from
bou
ncin
g po
go-s
tick
rid
ers
and
supe
r-sp
ring
ing
shar
ks t
o to
wer
ing
ocea
n w
aves
an
d ho
mes
bey
ond
the
stra
tosp
here
. Hav
e yo
u go
t a
head
for
hei
ghts
?
9–1
00
m
Stu
art
Jon
es (N
Z) s
urv
ived
a f
all
of 2
3 st
orey
s –
70 m
(22
9 ft
) –
dow
n a
lift
shaf
t at
th
e M
idla
nd
Par
k b
uild
ing
in W
ellin
gto
n,
New
Zea
lan
d, i
n M
ay 1
998
.
Tigh
trop
e cy
cled
acr
oss
72.5
m
On
28 A
ug
2010
, Nik
Wal
len
da
(US
A) c
ycle
d m
ore
than
10
0 f
t (3
0 m
) acr
oss
a 23
8-f
t-h
igh
(72.
5-m
) tig
htr
ope
bet
wee
n th
e R
oyal
Tow
ers
of
the
Atl
anti
s P
arad
ise
Isla
nd
hot
el in
N
assa
u, T
he
Bah
amas
.
Fall
surv
ived
d
own
a lif
t sh
aft
70 m
100
–10
,00
0 m
> 10
,00
0 m
Dow
nlo
ad t
his
post
er: g
uinn
essw
orld
reco
rds.
com
/20
18
Sig
nifi
can
t w
ave
mea
sure
d by
a b
uoy
19 m
In D
ec 2
016
, sci
enti
sts
from
th
e W
orld
Met
eoro
log
ical
Org
aniz
atio
n ra
tifie
d a
19‑m
(62‑
ft 4
‑in)
wav
e m
easu
red
in t
he
Nor
th A
tlan
tic
Oce
an b
etw
een
Icel
and
and
the
UK
on 4
Feb
20
13.
Com
pos
ed o
f ic
e cr
ysta
ls, s
up
er-c
oole
d w
ater
an
d n
itri
c ac
id, p
olar
str
atos
ph
eric
or
nac
reou
s cl
oud
s fo
rm a
t al
titu
des
of
21,
00
0–2
5,0
00
m
(68
,897
–82
,020
ft)
.O
n 26
Nov
20
05
, Dr
Vija
ypat
S
ing
han
ia (I
ND
) ach
ieve
d an
al
titu
de
of 2
1,0
27 m
(68
,98
6 ft
) in
a C
amer
on Z
-16
00
hot
-air
b
allo
on o
ver
Mu
mb
ai, I
nd
ia.
Flyi
ng
bir
d11
,30
0 m
Str
atos
ph
eric
clo
ud
s 2
5,0
00
m
Flig
ht
by a
hot
‑air
bal
loon
21,
02
7 m
On
24 O
ct 2
014
, Ala
n Eu
stac
e (U
SA
) was
rel
ease
d fr
om a
h
eliu
m‑fi
lled
bal
loon
at
a h
eig
ht
of 4
1,4
22
m (1
35
,898
ft)
ab
ove
Ros
wel
l in
New
Mex
ico,
US
A.
Free
fall
par
ach
ute
jum
p 4
1,4
22
m
0–3
m Sta
nd
ing
jum
p1.
616
m
On
13 M
ay 2
016
, Eva
n U
ng
ar (C
AN
) lea
pt
from
a
stan
din
g p
osit
ion
on t
o a
pla
tfor
m m
easu
rin
g 1.
616
m
(5 f
t 3
.6 in
) hig
h. F
itn
ess
dir
ecto
r U
ng
ar a
chie
ved
the
reco
rd in
fro
nt
of a
10
0-s
tron
g cr
owd
at O
ne
Hea
lth
Clu
bs
in O
akvi
lle,
On
tari
o, C
anad
a.
Joc
ke O
lsso
n (S
WE
) ach
ieve
d a
hei
gh
t of
2.3
5 m
(7
ft 8
in) o
n th
e se
t of
L’E
té D
e To
us
Les
Rec
ord
s on
6 J
ul 2
00
5. T
his
was
eq
ual
led
by T
eren
ce B
oug
dou
r (F
RA
) on
the
sam
e sh
ow o
n 27
Ju
l 20
05
.
Air
on
a sk
ateb
oard
(hal
f‑p
ipe)
2.3
5 m
On
5 O
ct 2
016
, Ru
ssia
’s V
aler
y R
ozov
le
apt
from
a h
eig
ht
of a
rou
nd
7,70
0 m
(2
5,2
62
ft) f
rom
Ch
o O
yu –
th
e si
xth
-h
igh
est
mou
nta
in in
th
e H
imal
ayas
, lo
cate
d on
th
e C
hin
a/N
epal
bor
der
. He
fell
for
arou
nd
90 s
ec b
efor
e op
enin
g h
is p
arac
hu
te, l
and
ing
on a
gla
cier
ap
pro
xim
atel
y 2
min
late
r.
BA
SE
jum
p ex
it p
oin
t 7,
700
m
La P
az, t
he
adm
inis
trat
ive
cap
ital
of
Bol
ivia
, sta
nd
s at
an
alti
tud
e of
3,6
31 m
(1
1,9
13 f
t) a
bov
e se
a le
vel.
Bol
ivia
’s le
gal
ca
pit
al S
ucr
e st
and
s at
2,8
10 m
(9,2
19 f
t),
wh
ich
pla
ces
it b
elow
th
e Ec
uad
oria
n ca
pit
al o
f Q
uit
o at
2,8
50
m (9
,35
0 f
t).
Cap
ital
3,6
31
m
Pol
e va
ult
(mal
e, in
doo
rs)
6.1
6 m
On
15 F
eb 2
014
, Ren
aud
Lavi
llen
ie
(FR
A) v
ault
ed a
hei
gh
t of
6.1
6 m
(2
0 f
t 2.
5 in
) du
rin
g th
e P
ole
Vau
lt
Sta
rs m
eeti
ng
in D
onet
sk, U
krai
ne.
Th
e p
revi
ous
reco
rd o
f 6
.15
m (2
0 f
t 2.
12 in
), s
et b
y S
erg
ei B
ub
ka (
UK
R),
h
ad s
tood
for
alm
ost
21
year
s.
In 2
012
, Mat
thew
Lu
cci (
US
A)
des
ign
ed a
toa
ster
cap
able
of
ejec
tin
g a
slic
e of
toa
sted
bre
ad
to a
hei
gh
t of
15
ft (4
.57
m).
Th
e p
revi
ous
bes
t w
as 2
.6 m
(8
ft
6 in
), a
chie
ved
in 2
00
8.
Pop
pin
g to
aste
r4
.57
m Pro
fess
or S
pla
sh, a
ka D
arre
n Ta
ylor
(U
SA
), d
ived
fro
m 1
1.5
6 m
(3
7 ft
11
in)
into
30
cm
(12
in) o
f wat
er o
n C
CTV
-
Gu
inn
ess
Wor
ld R
ecor
ds
Sp
ecia
l in
Xia
men
, Ch
ina,
on
9 S
ep 2
014
.
Sh
allo
w d
ive
11.5
6m
Hig
h ju
mp
(fem
ale)
2.0
9 m
Ste
fka
Kost
adin
ova
(BG
R) c
lear
ed
a h
igh
jum
p of
2.0
9 m
(6 f
t 10
.28
in)
at t
he
198
7 W
orld
Ch
amp
ion
ship
s in
A
thle
tics
in R
ome,
Ital
y, o
n 3
0 A
ug
. S
he
set
seve
n ca
reer
ind
oor
and
outd
oor
hig
h ju
mp
wor
ld r
ecor
ds.
Hig
h ju
mp
2.4
5 m
On
27 J
ul 1
993
, Cu
ba’
s J
avie
r S
otom
ayor
le
apt
2.4
5 m
(8 f
t 0
.45
in) i
n S
alam
anca
, S
pai
n. N
o on
e el
se h
as e
ver
jum
ped
ab
ove
8 ft
(2.4
4 m
). S
otom
ayor
als
o re
cord
ed
the
hig
hes
t h
igh
jum
p (i
nd
oors
) –
2.4
3 m
(7
ft 1
1.6
in),
in B
ud
apes
t,
Hu
ng
ary,
on
4 M
ar 1
989.
Ju
mp
on a
pog
o st
ick
3.3
6 m
On
15 O
ct 2
016
, Biff
Hu
tch
ison
(U
SA
) le
apt
3.3
6 m
(11
ft 0
.2 in
) on
a p
ogo
stic
k in
Bu
rley
, Id
aho,
US
A. H
e h
ad fi
rst
bro
ken
the
reco
rd in
20
13 a
t P
ogop
aloo
za 1
0,
wh
ere
he
jum
ped
2.9
3 m
(9 f
t 7.
3 in
).
Pan
cake
tos
s9.
47
m
On
13 N
ov 2
010
, Dom
inic
C
uzz
acre
a (U
SA
) tos
sed
a p
anca
ke t
o a
hei
gh
t of
9.
47 m
(31
ft
1 in
) at
the
Wal
den
Gal
leri
a m
all i
n C
hee
ktow
aga
in N
ew Y
ork,
U
SA
. Cu
zzac
rea
also
hol
ds
the
reco
rd f
or f
aste
st
mar
ath
on fl
ipp
ing
a p
anca
ke –
3 h
r 2
min
27
sec
, on
24 O
ct 1
99
9.
Ind
ian
and
Ch
ines
e su
rvey
s h
ave
con
firm
ed t
he
offici
al
hei
gh
t of
Mou
nt
Ever
est
in t
he
Him
alay
as t
o b
e 8
,84
8 m
(29,
02
9 ft
).
Nam
ed a
fter
C
olon
el S
ir G
eorg
e Ev
eres
t, S
urv
eyor
‑G
ener
al o
f In
dia
, its
p
eak
is t
he
hig
hes
t p
oin
t on
Ear
th.
Mou
nta
in
8,8
48
m
On
29
Nov
197
3, a
Rü
pp
ell’s
vu
ltu
re (G
yps
ruep
pel
li)
colli
ded
wit
h a
com
mer
cial
ai
rcra
ft a
t 3
7,0
73 f
t ov
er
Ab
idja
n in
th
e Iv
ory
Coa
st.
The
hig
h‑fl
ier
is r
arel
y se
en
abov
e 6
,00
0 m
(19,
68
5 ft
).
Ju
mp
by a
dog
1.72
7 m
Cin
der
ella
May
a H
olly
Gre
y, o
wn
ed
by K
ate
Lon
g an
d K
ath
leen
Con
roy
of
Mia
mi,
Flor
ida,
US
A, j
um
ped
5 f
t 8
in
(1.7
27 m
) at
the
Pu
rin
a In
cred
ible
Dog
C
hal
len
ge
Nat
ion
al F
inal
s in
Mis
sou
ri,
US
A, o
n 7
Oct
20
06
.
Ste
ve F
osse
tt (
US
A) p
ilote
d a
glid
er a
t an
alt
itu
de
of
15,4
60
m (5
0,7
21
ft) o
ver
El C
alaf
ate
in A
rgen
tin
a on
29
Au
g 20
06
. Th
e ad
ven
ture
r an
d m
ult
iple
re
cord
hol
der
dis
app
eare
d th
e n
ext
year
wh
ile fl
yin
g a
ligh
t ai
rcra
ft o
ver
the
Gre
at B
asin
Des
ert
bet
wee
n N
evad
a an
d C
alif
orn
ia, U
SA
.
Flig
ht
in a
glid
er15
,46
0 m
Pol
e va
ult
(fem
ale,
ou
tdoo
rs)
5.0
6 m
Ru
ssia
’s Y
elen
a Is
inb
ayev
a su
cces
sfu
lly
clea
red
a h
eig
ht
of 5
.06
m (1
6 ft
7 in
) in
Zuri
ch, S
wit
zerl
and
, on
28 A
ug
200
9.
It w
as t
he
17th
tim
e sh
e h
ad b
roke
n th
e ou
tdoo
r w
orld
rec
ord
sin
ce 2
00
3.
The
shor
tfin
mak
o (I
suru
s ox
yrin
chu
s) is
cap
able
of
leap
ing
up
to 6
m (1
9 ft
8 in
) ou
t of
th
e w
ater
, ev
en d
irec
tly
into
fish
erm
en’s
boa
ts.
This
is d
ue
in p
art
to t
he
mak
o’s
gre
at s
pee
d: a
t 5
6 km
/h (
34
.8 m
ph)
, it
is a
lso
the
fast
est
shar
k.
Leap
ing
shar
k6
m
The
Inte
rnat
ion
al S
pac
e S
tati
on
(IS
S) o
rbit
s 3
30
,00
0–4
10,0
00
m
(20
5–2
55
mi)
ab
ove
Ear
th.
It n
orm
ally
has
six
occ
up
ants
at
any
on
e ti
me.
Hom
e 3
30
,00
0 m
The
Qin
gh
ai–T
ibet
rai
lway
in C
hin
a op
erat
es la
rgel
y at
4,0
00
m (1
3,1
23 f
t)
abov
e se
a le
vel,
wit
h a
hig
hes
t p
oin
t of
5
,072
m (1
6,6
40
ft)
. In
aug
ura
ted
in 2
00
6,
the
line
mea
sure
s 1,
956
km
(1,2
15 m
i). P
asse
ng
er c
abin
s ar
e p
ress
uri
zed
and
hav
e ox
ygen
mas
ks.
Rai
lway
lin
e4
,00
0 m
At
7,5
70 m
(24
,83
5 ft
), K
ang
kar
Pü
nzu
m in
Bh
uta
n is
ran
ked
as
the
wor
ld’s
40
th h
igh
est
pea
k,
and
the
hig
hes
t m
oun
tain
yet
to
be
clim
bed
. Sev
eral
fai
led
atte
mp
ts w
ere
mad
e in
th
e 19
80
s, b
efor
e a
clim
bin
g b
an w
as
issu
ed in
19
94.
Mou
nta
in u
ncl
imb
ed7,
570
m