Highest lateral twist dance throw
Remy Degarat threw his partner Flore Huguenin (both France) overhead to a height of 3 m 55 (11 ft 8 in) while dancing on the set of L’Eté de tous les records in La Tranche sur Mer, France on 25 July 2005.
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Highest maiden Test match hundred (male)
The highest maiden Test century is 365 not out by Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers (Barbados) for the West Indies against Pakistan at Kingston, Jamaica on 27, 28 February and 1 March 1958.
Highest living predator on land
The highest living land predator is the snow leopard (Uncia uncia) whose range extends across twelve countries in the mountainous regions of Central and southern Asia. Amongst the highest altitudes at which this rarely-seen cat has been photographed is by cameras hidden at 5,800 m (19,000 ft). Moving footage of a snow leopard hunting a markhor (a species of ibex-related wild goat) were famously captured by a camera crew in remote mountains on the Afghan/Pakistan border, for the acclaimed Planet Earth series (BBC, 2006). [Note Continue reading →
Highest life expectancy
As of 2010 inhabitants of Monaco can expect to live for an average of 89.78 years. For males the average is 85.81 years and for females the average is 93.9 years. Monaco has a total population of just 30,000.
Highest library
The library on the 60th floor of the JW Marriott Hotel at Tomorrow Square in Shanghai, China, is situated at 230.9 m (757 ft 6 in) above street level. Membership is available to members of the public and the 103 shelves in the library contains an ever-expanding collection of Chinese and English books. The library measures 57 m² (614 ft²). To walk to the library from the lobby would entail climbing around 1,435 steps.
Highest marathon
The highest start to a marathon is for the biennially-held Everest Marathon, first run on 27 November 1987. It begins at Gorak Shep, 5,212 m (17,100 ft) and ends at Namche Bazar, 3,444 m (11,300 ft). The fastest times to complete this race are, men 3 hrs 50 mins 23 secs by Hari Roka (Nepal) in 2000, and women 4 hrs 35 mins 4 secs by Anna Frost (New Zealand) in 2009. The current women’s record was broken in 2009. The previous record was 5 Continue reading →
Highest manmade RPM
Researchers at ETH Zurich´s Department of Power Electronics announced in November 2008 that they had created a drive system which can spin at a rate of one million revolutions per minute. The drive system has a titanium shell which prevents it from flying apart at these rotational speeds.
Highest man-dog parachute deployment
Mike Forsythe (USA) and his working dog Cara dived from an aircraft and deployed a parachute at the record altitude of 30,100 ft (9,174 m). Cara was strapped to Forsythe a trainer for U.S. Special Operations Units in a K9 Storm aerial insertion vest, a harness specially designed for dogs of war deployed on aerial missions. The K9 Storm Aerial Insertion Vest has a built-in load bearing harness system rated to 2500 lb (1,134 kg). It is the primary piece of equipment used by Continue reading →
Highest misty flip on inline skates
The highest misty flip on inline skates is 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) and was achieved by Steve Swain (UK) on the set of Guinness World Records – Smashed, in London, UK, on 23 April 2009. A misty flip is a 180 degree twist while doing a somersault. The contestant used a quarter pipe as acceleration ramp and a launch ramp which was 1.6 m high. The height of the jump was calculated as the distance from the lip of the ramp and the Continue reading →
Highest military base
The world’s highest military base belongs to India and is at a height of approximately 6,000 m (19,685 ft) on the Siachen Glacier in the state of Kashmir. Troops are regularly deployed to 6,700 m (21,981 ft) on the glacier during the on-going conflict with Pakistan over the state of Kashmir. As a result, the glacier is often refered to as the world’s highest battlefield, however this is a casual term, as the countries are not officially at war. Another high base is at 4,350 Continue reading →