Life's a balancing act for British man

March 15, 1998
Web posted at: 2:49 p.m. EST (1949 GMT)

SINGAPORE (CNN) -- A British man astounded city shoppers here by really using his head.

John Evans, 51, amazed the crowds Saturday when he clean lifted an 130-kilogram car shell from a forklift truck and balanced the vehicle on his head. He also stabilized people and even washing machines on his cranium.

Evans has won the Guinness World Record 16 times for balancing objects on his head.

The former bricklayer, who lives in London with his wife and two children, said he started trying to lift heavy objects eight years ago. Since then, his neck has thickened to a 55.8 cm (22 inch) circumference.

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Two years later, he turned his hobby into a full-time career and began to travel the world performing. Among the strangest things he has balanced are a portable toilet and a telephone box. He has even lifted a 126.8 kg sumo wrestler.

The heaviest record he broke was when he balanced 101 bricks weighing 208.3 kg on his head last December.

He is trying to set another world record by balancing 400 Coca-Cola cans on his head by the end of his nine-day stint of performances in Singapore.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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