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Strongman Sets New World Record for Pulling 8-Ton Truck …With His Ear

Dec. 3, 2012 1:10pm
Lasha Pataraya From Georgia Pulls 8 Ton Truck 71 Feet With His Ear

asha Pataraya grimaces as he holds his ear after pulling a 8.28-metric ton truck with it in an attempt to set a new record for the Guinness World Records in the town of Rustavi, Georgia. (Photo: AP/Shakh Aivazov)

You would probably make a face like this after pulling an eight-ton truck too. But the Georgian strongman Lasha Pataraya might still have you beat with bragging rights because he pulled the truck with his ear.

Here’s what that effort looked like:

Lasha Pataraya From Georgia Pulls 8 Ton Truck 71 Feet With His Ear

(Photo: AP/Shakh Aivazov

The world-record holder set a newΒ achievementΒ for himself last week pulling a 8.28-ton truckΒ 71 feet (21.5) with a cord looped over his ear. According toΒ RIA Novosti, the event took place atΒ Rustavi International Motorpark and was verified by a “special commission” part of theΒ Georgian Union of Sporting Achievements and Records.

Here is footage of Pataraya pulling the truck:

After setting the impressive new record, RIA Novosti reported Pataraya’s friends threw him in the air several times and then he had his health stats checked — in that order.

It only took Pataraya two months to prepare for such a feat. He said he expected to only pull the truck 10 meters. RIA Novosti reported Pataraya saying “the result surpassed my expectations.”

Lasha Pataraya From Georgia Pulls 8 Ton Truck 71 Feet With His Ear

Pataraya lifts 88kg of weights with his ears in attempt to set a Guiness record in Tbilisi on April 28, 2010. (Photo: VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images)

In the past, Pataraya has carried aΒ 115-pound weight for nearly 20 seconds with his ears. He has also pulled a nearly eight-ton helicopter for 86 feet.

(H/T: Gizmodo)

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