ORLANDO, Fla. A Wisconsin teenager who practiced stiltwalking in a farmyard silo set a world record for walking on the tallest stilts, officials at Universal Studios Florida said. Tiltin Travis Wolf took 25 steps on stilts 40 feet, 10.25 inches (12.5 meters) tall, skip Sherman, a senior executive vice president at universal, said. An official from the Guinness World Records verified the feat by 16-year-old Wolf, who broke the record held by his father, Steady Eddy Wolf, who walked on stilts 40 feet, 9.5 inches tall in 1988.

(Reuter)