page_title: Stilts
section_title: Records
hierarchical_section_title: Stilts / Records
caption_attribution_description: English: Sylvain Dornon, the stilt walker of Landes who walked from Paris to Moscow
context_page_description: Stilts are poles, posts or pillars that allow a person or structure to stand at a height above the ground.
  In flood plains, and on beaches or unstable ground, buildings are often constructed on stilts to protect them from damage by water, waves or shifting soil or sand. Stilts for walking have platforms for the feet and may be strapped to the user's legs. Stilts have been used for many hundreds of years.
context_section_description: In 1891 Sylvain Dornon (fr), a stilt-walker from the Landes region of France, walked from Paris to Moscow in 58 days.
  On 1 October 2001 Saimaiti Yiming of China walked 79.6 km (49.5 mi) on 73 cm (29 in) stilts in 24 hours in Shanshan County, Xinjiang, China.
  On 15 November 2006 Saimaiti Yiming of China took 10 steps on 16.41 m-high (53.8 ft) stilts to break the Guinness World Record for walking on the tallest stilts.
  In 2008 Roy Maloy of Australia took five steps on stilts 17 m (56 ft) high, an unofficial record for the tallest stilts.
  On 30 March 2008 Ashrita Furman of the US ran 1.61 km (1 mi) in 7 minutes 13 seconds on spring stilts in Dachau, Germany.
caption: Sylvain Dornon, the stilt walker from Les Landes who walked from Paris to Moscow
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