8-Year-Old Wing Walker
August 22, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Parenting
Tiger Brewer has broke the world record on wing walking and he’s only 8-years-old. Tiger’s grandfather heard that the little guy was afraid of heights and decided to break him of his fears. Before anyone freaks out entirely, he was harnessed to the wings with several harness straps and there was a big pole or metal chair keeping him on the plane and standing up.
Yes, technically he did not walk the wing but only stood on it. However, he was on the wing up above the ground at 500 feet as it was flying around.
The boy’s grandfather actually runs the …read more
Swiss Set World Record for Igloos
March 23, 2006 by admin
Filed under Home & Living
Last weekend in Switzerland, 200 folks set a new – and rather odd – world record by building a village of one hundred igloos in just 12 hours with no mechanized assistance.
The team of ‘eskimo enthusiasts‘ built the village on the frozen Melch Lake in the Jochpass region in the central part of the country. The village measures 200 feet across, has a snow church and central piazza and many of the igloos feature kitchens and fireplaces.
Check it out at igluprojekt.ch. The site is in German, but if you follow the ‘Fotogalerie‘ link on the left side of …read more




