THAILAND: ABSEILING TEAM CLAIM ASIAN RECORD

Record ID: 636547

  • Title: THAILAND: ABSEILING TEAM CLAIM ASIAN RECORD
  • Date: 26th February 1997
  • Summary: BANGKOK, THAILAND (FEBRUARY 26, 1997) (RTV) VIEW FROM GROUND OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDING THAT ABSEILERS WILL ABSEIL DOWN VIEW FROM TOP OF BUILDING / VARIOUS OF ABSEILERS PREPARING ABSEILERS BEGINNING ABSEIL PEOPLE WATCHING FROM UNFINISHED BUILDING NEARBY ABSEILERS ABSEILING DOWN BUILDING ABSEILERS PERFORMING "COMMANDER CRAWL" ALONG HORIZONTAL ROPE/PEOPLE APPLAUDING BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE BEING OPENED / ABSEILERS DRINKING AND PASSING ROUND BOTTLE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 13th March 1997 12:00
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  • Location: BANGKOK, THAILAND
  • Country: Thailand
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA5FFR0IYMI9PL7Y56TUFJ2R9GG
  • Story Text: A four-person abseiling team has claimed an Asian record, after successfully abseiling down a 60-storey hotel in Thailand.
    -------------------------------------------------------------------- Three men and a woman made their way carefully down the 195-metre-high building on Wednesday (February 26) to claim their place in the record books.
    The abseilers belong to an outdoor adventure club on the island of Phuket. They took just seven minutes to reach the tenth floor of the new Westin Banyan Tree Hotel in Bangkok. They then turned to perform the "Commander Crawl" along horizonal ropes to a neighbouring building.
    The stunt was performed to mark the opening of the hotel and the 50th anniversary of its owners, the Thai Wah group.
    Authorities have yet to confirm their feat as a new Asian record.
    The current world record for abseiling is 444 metres, set in Canada by the British royal Marines.
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