The Wall Street Journal. August 16, 2008.
By Chip Cummins // David Chambers builds the tallest flagpoles in the world. His current client wants him to stop. This month, Mr. Chambers is erecting a pole in the wind-swept Azerbaijan capital of Baku. At almost 532 feet, it will be the tallest flagpole on record. Azerbaijani officials, eager to savor the feat, have asked him to hold off building a taller pole for a year, he said.Clients “always tell us they want this to be the last record,” Mr. Chambers said from his small office in Dubai’s sprawling port. “But they know, in general, that we’re on a roll, and …
