Lawnmower man proves he’s a cut above the rest

PUSHING a running electric lawnmower for 71m is not a difficult thing to do, but try doing that distance not pushing it, but balancing it on your chin.

New Yorker Ashrita Furman broke, by more than 50m, his existing Guinness World Record for “the farthest distance walked balancing a powered lawnmower on the chin.”

When he finally lowered the grass-cutter to the pavement, Furman had travelled 71.53m, easily besting his previous and still-existing record of 20m.

“I pushed beyond what I had done before by a lot and I’m very, very happy,” Furman said.