TBILISI, Georgia (Reuters) - Georgian athlete Lasha Pataraia might not be the strongest man on earth but he may have the strongest ears.
Pataraia believes he has dragged himself into the record books at the Alexeyevka military airfield near the Georgian capital Tbilisi on the weekend when he pulled a 7,734 kg (17,050 lb) military helicopter for 26.3 metres (yards) with his ear.
Pataraia, 27, encouraged by a crowd of his family, friends and supporters, attached one end of the rope to his ear while the other end was tied to the front wheel of the helicopter.
Followed by the cheering crowd, he pulled it for about 20 seconds, almost fainting after he finished.
Just minutes after setting a new world record, Pataraia told reporters he was already planning to set another record.
"It was very difficult, I was very nervous. But I hope in the future with both my ears to move a subject twice as heavy as this one," Pataraia told Reuters Television.
The organisers of the event claimed that Pataraia has set both the world and the Guinness record although a representative of the Guinness Book of Records was not present.
2 comments:
Ah!, but can he hear well from those things?
that picture had me nervous, I was all ready to send aid money for the kids disfigured by left-over land mines. Something of a relief to know he does it on purpose.
Post a Comment