Bao Xishun, the world's tallest man,
shakes hands with He Pingping, who is only 73 centimeters
high.
World's shortest man meets world's tallest by Gulliver
The world's shortest man shook hands with the world's tallest
man in an historic encounter in July 2007.
The meeting between He Pingping - he only reaches 73 centimeters
(2.4 feet) - and Bao Xishun - he towers above everyone at
an amazing 2.36 meters (7.9 feet) tall - took place in their
native China.
Both men are from the same region of Inner Mongolia.
They may be world's apart in size but their worlds collided
when they met to celebrate Bao's wedding ceremony at the tomb
of emperor Kublai Khan.
Hundreds, some of the travelling for hours, turned up to see
the tallest man wed a woman two-thirds his height.
56-year-old herdsman Bao married saleswoman Xia Shujuan, who
is a mere 1.68 meters (5 ft 6 inches) tall and just 29 years
old.
He searched the world for a companion but ended up with a
bride from his home town of Chifeng in Inner Mongolia.
Dressed in a shimmering blue silk coat he was carried to his
wedding on the back of a mobile yurt pulled by camels.
Bao was confirmed as the tallest person by the Guinness Book
of Records in 2006.
In December 2006, Bao saved the lives of two dolphins when
he used his long arms to reach into their stomachs to pull
out plastic shards.
