Fastest coconut tree climb
- Who
- Fuati Solo
- Where
- Fiji (Sukana Park,)
- When
- 22 August 1980
The fastest time up a 9 m (29 ft 6 in) coconut tree barefoot is 4.88 sec, by Fuatai Solo (Fiji) on 22 August 1980 at the annual Coconut Tree Climbing Competition, Sukuna Park, Fiji. After being declared the winner for the third time running, he climbed the tree again, clutching the prize money of £43 in his mouth
At this speed he would scale the Empire State Building in just over 4 minutes!