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  • Clapping

    The most continuous hours clapping. You have to clap an average of 160 times a minute and the claps have to be audible to the official witnesses who are situated 120 yards away. You are allowed 5 minutes of rest after each hour of clapping. This event is a challenge because you have to clap…

  • Glass Balancing

    The Most 20-ounce Glasses Balanced On Chin The glasses stack one inside another forming an immense single tower of glass which you have to lift off from a rack, place on your chin, and keep balanced (without using your hands) for 10 seconds. Those 10 seconds can seem like an eternity! As you stack the…

  • Somersaulting

    This is a grueling event – don’t try this at home! You are allowed 5 minutes’ rest after each hour of rolling. The unofficial rule is that you must roll continuously, but you are permitted brief stops to throw up! Unfortunately, I had to avail myself of that rule — many times! After breaking the…

  • Staying Balanced At Stonehenge

    I’ve always been intrigued by Stonehenge but never felt any great compulsion to go there until about a month ago. Suddenly, I was just dying to visit the historic site in England and set a record there, so when the opportunity recently arose, I jumped at the chance. My enthusiasm was only slightly dampened when…

  • Hopscotch

    Most Games Completed in 24 Hours You have to abide by the British system, which uses 10 boxes instead of the usual 8, and a 3-foot space between the frontline and the first 2 boxes. All other hopscotch rules apply, such as not stepping on any lines and not stepping in the box the rock…