The World’s Tallest House of Cards
Bryan Berg should be great at cards. If only he could stop stacking them in pretty shapes.
Iowa-born Bryan Berg here has been stacking suits since high school, and all that dedication has paid off. Berg has broken the Guinness World Records seven or eight times as of October, 2007. Berg holds the current world record for the tallest house of cards, which stands a 131 storeys high, or 25th 3in! In fact Bryan’s so good, some people only conclude that he cheats. Not so, insists Bryan, long distance, reverse charge: “No Sellotape. No glue–these are the real thing.”
On effort alone, we believe him: the lanky craftsman’s first record-setting tower took him 40 hours and 208 decks to complete… and it only stood 14ft 6in off the ground. But since those early days, the pastrami-munching foreigner has completed all manner of cardy architecture including a huge (but not that huge) Empire state Building and a replica of Ebbets Field, a former brooklyn Dodgers stadium, which took 30,000 cards and 50 hours to complete. His next project is even more baffling– a card house in a wind tunnel. “It would be fun to see how it deflects air and holds up,” reckons Berg.
2007 World Record House of Cards: Over 25 feet tall
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Mythili Kannan, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
wow, amazing
stephencardiff, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
Hes the same guy that done the 08 olympics card structure too hes pretty good at what he does… nice article princess
Darla Smith, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.
rajeev bhargava, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
a thoroughly entertaining article coupled with complimentary photographs. i really enjoyed this.
papaleng, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
with this article, you have another star up on your sleeves. Fantastic pictures.
Kate Smedley, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
This is incredible! Great article.
lh, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
incredible and u too how do u get peculiar things friend
lh
amore, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
Weird how it all stays up like that with no sort of glue or anything like….
C LEBLANC, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
this is amazing! your articles never cease to inspire me.
Peter Cimino, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
Wow! Very interesting. He must have a lot of free time on his hands!! Nicely done.
Mrdavidjohnson, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
Where do you find your stuff?
Eclipse7, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
Wow! That is amazing. Nice article!
Carolyn Ann Aish, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
Very interesting!! Thanks for sharing!!
Melody Arcamo Lagrimas, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Milton H Peebles III, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
I would go nuts trying to stack that high. But that is very cool that he did it.
Andrew Davies, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
Wow, very impressive!
ruthefranc, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
amazing! I can`t even stack 4 high cards…
Tarra Buluran, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
Wow! Wish I could do one in my fantasy. Nice article, CutestPrincess!
LStacy, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
Wow, I can’t imagine having that much time on my hands
nobert soloria bermosa, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
good research job on this,keep it up
Papa Sparks, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
Another fine write up from you!
Nemotak, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
That is marvelous! I am very grateful for him using his special talent and skills which made this a gift for our enjoyment. Thank you, this is a wonderful article of a man who took a risk and found time to do this great feat, and made it a reality. This is a very rewarding write up from, you.
Westbrook, posted this comment on Mar 10th, 2009
I have no idea how anyone can find the time and patience to do something like this. It baffles me. Great write up.
Anne McNew, posted this comment on Mar 10th, 2009
you’ve just presented a very amazing idea… thanks for the post. it’s a great piece.
butterflysects, posted this comment on Mar 10th, 2009
whoa! i wonder how he did it..
real nice article..=)
Christine Ramsay, posted this comment on Mar 10th, 2009
Those are amazing! I don’t see how he can do it without glue.
A great article.
Christine
CHAN LEE PENG, posted this comment on Mar 10th, 2009
Wow, how did they do this?
rockjuneDrock, posted this comment on Mar 10th, 2009
very resourceful work!
macon, posted this comment on Mar 10th, 2009
very interesting work! and those cards, amazing!
Tatsiana, posted this comment on Mar 10th, 2009
Nice article:) Well written
fishfry aka Elizabeth Figueroa, posted this comment on Mar 10th, 2009
Very nice article, It is truly amazing, but dedicating oneself to the art, any art; eventually does pay off.
Alina Beck, posted this comment on Mar 10th, 2009
Thanks for sharing this – those card buildings are amazing!
Unofre Pili, posted this comment on Mar 11th, 2009
Very amazing pieces of work. Talent coupled with dedication and obsession really pays off. Very nice article.
ur guide, posted this comment on Mar 11th, 2009
Superb work.
R J Evans, posted this comment on Mar 15th, 2009
Supercool!
dundas20012002, posted this comment on Jun 1st, 2009
Just amazing
DA Cournean, posted this comment on Jun 1st, 2009
Awesome! I have trouble just shuffling them!
Joshua Miguel, posted this comment on Jun 2nd, 2009
wow! this is amazing!
Bo Jack Russo, posted this comment on Jun 7th, 2009
That’s cool CP!!Bo
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gianne, posted this comment on Mar 9th, 2009
UNBELIEVABLE! Interesting too!!