webfact Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 American hot dogs across highline between Bangkok skyscrapersBy Coconuts Bangkok BANGKOK: -- Stuntman Andy Lewis set a world record for the longest slackline walk as he traversed a highline slung between two Bangkok skyscrapers yesterday.Balancing on a thin rope 55-stories above Bangkok traffic, Lewis, 27, took just over an hour and five minutes to walk 169 meters from the offices at Central World building to the Centara Grand Hotel [read more...] Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co//2014/07/24/american-hot-dogs-across-highline-between-bangkok-skyscrapers-- Coconuts Bangkok 2014-07-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 A brick shy of a load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I will give him an A for ambition and an F for Brains. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chiang mai Posted July 24, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2014 And an AAA+ for guts. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 An inflammatory troll post has been removed as well as a reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post impulse Posted July 24, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2014 Dang. I thought this was an article about Chicago or New York style hot dogs for sale between some buildings in Bangkok. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poohy Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Silly me ! I thought it was about American Hotdogs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namdocmai Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Yeah where are the hot-doooks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler1973 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Balancing on a thin rope 55-stories above Bangkok traffic, Lewis, 27, took just over an hour and five minutes to walk 169 meters from the offices at Central World building to the Centara Grand Hotel [read more...] Slow walker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Deacon Bell Posted July 24, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2014 His 170kg testicles kept him balanced. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Balancing on a thin rope 55-stories above Bangkok traffic, Lewis, 27, took just over an hour and five minutes to walk 169 meters from the offices at Central World building to the Centara Grand Hotel [read more...] Slow walker rush hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Balancing on a thin rope 55-stories above Bangkok traffic, Lewis, 27, took just over an hour and five minutes to walk 169 meters from the offices at Central World building to the Centara Grand Hotel [read more...] Slow walker He'd fit right in on the Asoke skywalk around lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I thought that Nathans had opened a hot dog stand in Bangkok and was about to get into the truck! Oh well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanahan Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I wonder if the world record stands as he fell at least twice? Thankfully he had some kind of harness that saved him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 He had a safety link. Real men do it without Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laobali Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 He had a safety link. Real men do it without He wouldn't have got much further than a Thai balcony width without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catweazle Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I get sweatky hand by simply watching the video. I don't really know if this is utter stupidity or bravery. Unnecessary risk it is, that's for sure, with or without slack / safety line... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmyp Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Wow, that is <deleted> amazing. Not sure why people get angry and wanna call the guy stupid, "GoDdAmMiT bOy StOp BeInG wEiRd AnD dRaWiNg So MuCh AtTeNtIoN tO yOuRsElf". Hell, he made. It's cool stunt. To the critical peanut gallery: You get up and do it. In fact, just try standing on the edge of building and looking down. Or I guess you can just continue to scold him like a fat man sprawled out on a couch cursing professional athletes for not performing as desired. I wonder how the cops and security guards reacted to his stunt. Too bad it was so windy. Applause to the guy for going out there in the wind. Here's another link for the dead one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZqfF8BARtI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernMan3 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Crazy Americans ! Doh, I'm American Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sz1a Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I think the title should read "American dare devils slackline between Bangkok skyscrapers". Or am I too late for the hot dogs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Wow, that is <deleted> amazing. Not sure why people get angry and wanna call the guy stupid, "GoDdAmMiT bOy StOp BeInG wEiRd AnD dRaWiNg So MuCh AtTeNtIoN tO yOuRsElf". Hell, he made. It's cool stunt. To the critical peanut gallery: You get up and do it. In fact, just try standing on the edge of building and looking down. Or I guess you can just continue to scold him like a fat man sprawled out on a couch cursing professional athletes for not performing as desired. I wonder how the cops and security guards reacted to his stunt. Too bad it was so windy. Applause to the guy for going out there in the wind. Here's another link for the dead one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZqfF8BARtI and what did this little stunt accomplish - hopefully no kids see and think it's a good idea to go out on their balcony and emulate him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Too bad he broke a leg crossing the street afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Seems a bit extreme...to try and escape from his Thai girlfriend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaigold Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Yo ... It is not a tight rope that you might see in a Vegas act, it's a slack rope. Not only does he need to stay balanced on the rope, the rope is moving beneath him. He's got a set of gonads that can bend time and space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farang2002 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Idiot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBOP Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 He fell twice in this clip. I think that would disqualify him for breaking a world record. Death if he didn't have safety harness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddyjenkins Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I was watching this for a while from the Central World walkway between Chit Lim and Siam BTS stations. In fact, the guy was tethered, I.e., had a safety line. He lost balance repeatedly and fell from the wire and was dangling a few feet down from the wire and had to clamber back up. I got bored of watching after a while because it was all so slow and he just looked like a stickman up there. But it wasn't nearly as dangerous as it looked in the pictures. If he had been walking without a safety line he would have been dead after a few minutes. Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I get sweatky hand by simply watching the video. I don't really know if this is utter stupidity or bravery. Unnecessary risk it is, that's for sure, with or without slack / safety line... Adrenalin junkie with fame needs. oc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitawatWatawit Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Kudos to the guy. It wasn't the fact that he walked across the tightrope, it's that he had the guts to take that second step onto the rope. Try to imagine standing on that ledge and looking down and seeing a rope no thicker than your wrist, and thinking, I have to put one foot on that, and then make the most scary decision of my life ... to put my other foot onto it. Excellent entertainment, even if the Walendas do it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M270A1 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Dang. I thought this was an article about Chicago or New York style hot dogs for sale between some buildings in Bangkok. me too...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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