Pro-Climber Magnus Midtbo Breaks Guinness World Records

Pull-ups, toes-to-bar and crawling? Yep, those are some of the activities Midtbo did to try to break World Records.

by Gym Climber June 30, 2020

Magnus Midtbo and his girlfriend attempt to break a series of Guinness World Records. Midtbo, from Norway, competed on the international circuit from 2002 to 2015. He was a regular on the Lead World Cup finals stage, his best placement being third in the 2011 Lead World Cup in Chamonix, France and the 2012 Lead World Cup in Kranj, Slovenia.

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