Longest Lawn Mower Ride

Gary Hatter; USA, Canada and Mexico; May 31, 2000- February 14, 2001.

The longest journey on a lawnmower is 23,487.5 km (14,594.5 miles) in 260 consecutive days by America's Gary Hatter. Hatter started his drive through Portland, Maine, on May 31, 2000 and passed through all 48 continuous US states as well as Canada and Mexico before arriving in Daytona Beach, Florida, on February 14, 2001.

Source: Guinness World Records 2007

Longest Duration Balancing on One Foot

Arulanantham Suresh Joachim; Vihara Maha Devi Park Open Air Stadium, Sri Lanka; May 22-25, 1997.

The longest recorded duration for balancing on one foot is 76 hr 40 min by Arulanantham Suresh Joachim (Sri Lanka) at Vihara Maha Devi Park Open Air Stadium, Sri Lanka, from May 22-25, 1997.

Source: Guinness World Records 2007

Ashrita Furman - Intermezzo

Ashrita is a Guinness World Record guru and has broken the most Guinness World Records of any individual! He currently holds 14 records.

FIVE MORE RECORDS ASHRITA FURMAN HOLDS
1. Most Hop-Scotch Games in 24 Hours – 434.
2. Most Rope Jumps in 24 Hours – 130,000.
3. Fastest 10-km Sack Race – 1 hour 25 minutes 10 seconds
4. Most Underwater Rope Jumps in One Hour – 738.
5. Fastest Pogo Stick Ascent of Canada's CN Tower – 57 minutes 51 seconds

Greatest Distance Walked with a Milk Bottle Balanced on the Head

Ashrita Furman; New York, USA; April 22-23, 1998.

The greatest distance walked by a person continuously balancing a milk bottle on the head is 130.3 km (80.96 miles) by Ashrita Furman of New York, USA, around Victory Field track, Forest Park, Queens, on April 22–23, 1998. It took him 23 hours 35 minutes to complete the walk.

Ashrita Furman was born on September 16, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York. As a teen, Ashrita says he was a major geek, who was bad at sport and quit on the first day of his school athletics team trials. He claimed "cool" status when he came across the spiritual teachings of Sri Chinmoy, and by 1974 he was such a fan that he named himself Ashrita (he was originally called Keith) and made it into the Guinness Book Of Records in 1979, by doing 27,000 jumping jacks. As Ashrita is a strict vegan he used soya rather than dairy milk for the record.

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Ashrita may make this party trick look easy (if you really have to give it a go practice with a plastic bottle!), but it all comes down to his daily meditation regime. Ashrita is on a spiritual mission and uses his inner spirit to perform the record-breaking feats. Under the instruction of his guru, Sri Chinmoy, he says he's been able to attain a new level of self-transcendence – meaning he can overcome the physical pain and mental anguish of his testing record attempts. "I don't even have a flat head," says the headstrong record breaker. "You can see from the photo – I have to tilt my head to one side to keep the bottle balanced!"

Source: Guinness World Records 2007