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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

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ing

in W

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gto

n,

New

Zea

lan

d, i

n M

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trop

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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

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nd

hot

el in

N

assa

u, T

he

Bah

amas

.

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ived

d

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t sh

aft

70 m

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post

er: g

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orld

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rds.

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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.

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pos

ed o

f ic

e cr

ysta

ls, s

up

er-c

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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

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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

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00

hot

-air

b

allo

on o

ver

Mu

mb

ai, I

nd

ia.

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ng

bir

d11

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0 m

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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