*Scroll for Updates* I will continue to update this site. I was told I would get a call right after the height was certified.
For those interested, the world’s tallest snow woman is being built in my hometown of Bethel, Maine. You can watch the progress at this link. It’s a webcam.
I just received a telephone call from Gary Inman. He’s a longtime friend and a local surveyor. He owns his own company called Points North Survey. He is standing by with his instruments to certify the final height for the record books. His report said that they were at just about 110 feet with a few feet left to go.
FYI – This is the construction of the snow, the basic shape. They are in hopes to reach the top height with snow this morning and then they will begin dressing the ole girl.
In the photo, Jim Sysko, one of the engineers for the project, is in the lift truck in the right of the photo. Lanie Cross, is somewhere at the top filming the effort for the local public access television station.
The deadline is to get this finished before Friday as official ceremonies etc. are planned to take place.
A major snowstorm is predicted for later today and tonight. This may hamper efforts.
*Update 10:07 a.m.*
I just need to clarify that although I am extremely privileged to be able to get a call from Gary Inman, the surveyor recording the height, it will not be an “official” recording of the height. That has to come via the proper channels. Nonetheless, I am honored to be privy to that information perhaps before millions of other people worldwide.
*Update – 11:55 a.m.*
Just got a call from Gary Inman. They had tried placing a substantial chuck of ice and snow on the top to try to shape but when it got placed, it got broken into two pieces. Currently they have taken the bucket off the crane and are preparing another large chuck of snow and ice and are going to attempt to place it on the top.
If that seems to go well, Gary will take an initial reading on height. He is going to let me know when and if that happens.
*Update – 12:15 p.m.*
Below is the picture taken just moments ago when Gary Inman of Points North Surveying took a measurement of the height. Unofficially, the current height is 117 feet. That’s unofficial and tomorrow the will come back in the morning and take some more measurements before certifying the exact height down to the nearest inch.
Tom Remington
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