Guinness World Records Change the Lives of the World's Tallest Men
Bao Xishun, left, held the Guinness World Record for the tallest man in 2006 and 2007. He is 7 feet, 9 inches tall. The 2008 World Record Holder is 8'5" Leonid Stadnik, seen at right with Dr. James Sperber, his American doctor. (Reuters/Courtesy Dr. James Sperber)
At 8-feet 5-inches tall, Leonid Stadnik is uncomfortable in his ill-fitting shoes, his bulky clothes and his horse-drawn cart, but he is really uncomfortable in the spotlight as the world's tallest man.
The reclusive Stadnik, who is 37 and lives in Podoliantsi, Ukraine, was given the title last August by the Guinness World Records. Stadnik isn't celebrating. "How would anyone like it?" he said. "There are problems with shoes and clothing. It's all so problematic."
But it doesn't have to be that way.
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