So, if you think you're tall, think again. The tallest man ever surpassed the U.S. average height by several feet. Here are the current world record-holders. Start the day smarter. Get all the ...

I wanted to see if I could still do it when I was 90,” Barham told the Watford Observer. “So, my ambition was to climb it with my four sons coming with me.” A climbing addict all his life, Barham has ...

At 18 years old, Nima Rinji Sherpa reached the summit of Mount Shishapangma in China, becoming the youngest person ever to climb all 14 of the world’s tallest peaks.

The tallest man ever recorded was Robert Wadlow, who achieved the title in 1940 when he measured in at an incredible 2.72m, or 8ft 9in. He was born to average-size parents in 1918, but began ...