SUPERLATIVE SQUAD
APPLE CRUSH
Looking for the super-strength
of Captain Marvel? Step forward
Linsey Lindberg (USA)! Among
her many power records are
most apples crushed with the
bicep in one minute (female)
- 10 – and most telephone
directories torn in one
minute (female) – 5.
THE FLAME
When it comes to hot-
heads, the Human Torch
has got stiff competition
in the shape of Josef
Tödtling (AUT). On 23 Nov
2013, Josef endured
the longest duration
full-body burn without
oxygen – lasting 5 min
41 sec – at Salzburg Fire
Department in Salzburg,
Austria.
CAPTAIN FREEZE
When you’re in danger,
you need someone with a
cool head – and no one’s
head gets cooler than
Jin Songhao’s (CHN). This
living Iceman endured the
longest time spent in
direct, full-body contact
with ice (1 hr 53 min
10 sec) in Xiamen, Fujian,
China, on 4 Sep 2014.
NEVER MISS
We’d surely want the
Hawkeye-like skills of
Nancy Siefker (USA).
This awesome archer
achieved the farthest
arrow shot into a
target using the feet
(20 ft; 6.09 m) on the
set of Guinness World
Records Unleashed in
Los Angeles, California,
USA, on 20 Jun 2013.
THE HUMAN SPIDER
He’s earned the nickname
“Spider-Man” for his habit
of going up skyscrapers –
the hard way. Alain Robert
(FRA) holds the GWR record
for the most buildings climbed
externally by a person
(121).
He started climbing towers,
monuments and skyscrapers
in 1994 and completed his
latest climb on the 306-m-tall
(1,003-ft) Cayan Tower in
Dubai, UAE, on 12^ Apr 2015.
WONDER WHEELS
Professor X may be
telepathic, but when
it comes to two-
wheeled talents, Aaron
Fotheringham (USA) is
simply X-traordinary!
He landed the first
wheelchair backflip in
2008, the highest ramp
jump in a wheelchair
(60 cm; 1 ft 11.6 in) in 2010
and the longest duration
balancing a side wheelie
in a manual wheelchair
(18.22 sec) in 2012.
“Superlative”^
/soo-PER-la-tiv/:
1 adj. A high (or the
very highest) degree
of an attribute; the
best.^2 n. someone
or something of
unmatched
excellence.
