Nigerian Tonye Solomon Sets Record For Climbing Mast With Ball On Head… 

Nigerian Tonye Solomon has set a Guinness World Record by climbing 150 steps to the top of a radio mast measuring 250 feet (76 metres) in height while balancing a football on his head.

Disclosing this on its website on Wednesday, Guinness World Record said that Solomon set the record in August in Bayelsa State.

“New record: Most steps climbed on a ladder while balancing a football on the head – 150 by Tonye Solomon (Nigeria),” GWR posted on X, formerly Twitter.

After Solomon completed a 60 km journey from Amassoma to Yenagoa with a football on his head, GWR said some people doubted his story.

Inspired, Tonye decided to prove them wrong by setting a Guinness World Records title by climbing 150 steps on a ladder with a football on his head.

Tonye reportedly appeared unaffected by the steep climb during the record attempt, finishing it in just 12.5 minutes. After conquering all 150 steps, he jubilantly threw the ball down and celebrated with a triumphant fist pump.

Reacting, Solomon said he wanted to set this record to challenge himself and “inspire others to do great things.”

He was said to have spent two months training for it, using all his free time to practise until he was confident that he would not fail, and that during the record attempt, he was seemingly unfazed by the steep ascent, taking just 12 and a half minutes to complete the climb.