Highest suspension straitjacket escape
Who
Scott Hammell
What
2194.5 metre(s)
Where
United States (Knoxsville)
When
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Scott Hammell (Canada), escaped from a regulation straitjacket, whilst suspended by a rope hanging upside down below the basket of a hot air balloon travelling at a height of 2,194.5 m (7,200 ft) over Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, on 13 August 2003.

The rope from which he was tied to hung 15.24 m (50ft) from the basket.