Futility Closet

Inverted Sightseeing

Posted in Oddities by Greg Ross on August 7th, 2007

In 1900, Johann Hurlinger walked on his hands from Paris to Vienna. He covered 870 miles in 55 days, averaging 10 hours a day. That’s about 1.5 miles per hour.

See also The Stilt-Walkers of Landes.