The world's tallest and shortest man in the
Guinness Book of World Records, met each
other for the first time on Thursday November
13 at an event in London.
The tallest man, 31 year-old Sultan Kosen
from Turkey, a part-time farmer, is 8 feet 3
inches tall and can reach a basketball hoop
without jumping. He became the world's
tallest living man in 2009. He also holds the
record for largest hands on a living person.
His hands measure 11.2 inches from the wrist
to the tip of his middle finger.
The shortest man, 74 year-old Chandra
Bahadur Dangi, from Nepal, is just 21½ inches
tall and is the shortest adult human ever
verified by Guinness World Records. He works
as a weaver who also helps look after
buffaloes & cows in his remote mountain
village of Reemkholi. He weighs just 32
pounds.
The occasion the unique men met was the
10th annual Guinness World Records Day,
which celebrates record-setting achievements
around the globe.
