Forklift helps 310kg Man take rare outing

[Heracles 417]

This guy eats more than the state of Texas.

August 11, 2008 - 7:59AM

A 310kg man once considered the world's most obese person has left his home for the first time in five months with the aid of a forklift and a platform truck.

Manuel Uribe travelled to the shore of a lake in northern Mexico without ever leaving his specially designed bed.

A forklift hoisted the bed onto the truck, which then hauled him to the lake, where he snacked on fish and vegetables and joked with a local boat operator.

Looking at the boatman's small craft, Uribe joked: "Too bad I can't get on it - it would sink."

Once considered the world's fattest man, more than two years of steady dieting has helped Uribe drop to about 310kg as of June - 250kg less than his former Guinness record weight of 560kg. He did not say what his current weight is.

While somewhat bothered by the summer heat, Uribe appeared to enjoy the outing.

He is still unable to walk, and his last planned outing in March was aborted after the platform carrying his bed got stuck under an overpass.

His last successful trip outside his home was in March 2007, when six people pushed Uribe's wheel-equipped iron bed out to the street as a mariachi band played and a crowd gathered to greet him.

Before that, he hadn't left his home in five years.

AP

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/heaviest-...8306708712.html

[Yiyi and Chris 0]

I met this guy in Mexico!

[Niels Bohr 72]

This guy is quite famous!

[MissStacey 1]

He has dropped a lot of weight- that is awesome.

[Sassy1natl 0]

It's great that he is getting out to get fresh air and sunlight. Hope that he continues with what appears to be a very positive attitude.