Category: Guinness World Records
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Anyone Need a 76-Foot, 21,000-Pound Pencil?
Well, we did it and we had a blast! A bunch of guys from about 15 countries spent 2 weeks building the world’s largest pencil. It wasn’t easy. We had to make the pencil to scale, it had to look precisely like a normal pencil and it had to be made out of exactly the…
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An Adventure at the Beardsley Zoo
The word “adventure” conjures up images of the African Serengeti or the Amazon rainforest. I am fortunate to have had my share of such adventures: pogo stick jumping in Antarctica and juggling underwater with sharks in an aquarium in Malaysia, to name a few. But adventures don’t necessarily have to be in exotic places. With…
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The Cosmic Circle
For some people the hula hoop is a kid’s toy, while others have found it to be a great exercise tool to strengthen the abs, back and legs. I see the hula hoop as both of these things, and something more. For me the hula hoop has become a device I can use to challenge…
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Meditation Works
I was watching the men’s British Open Golf Championship on TV this past Sunday and the commentators brought up a fascinating point. They said that in order to play golf well, a player must be in control of his emotions. They pointed out that many golfers are brilliant on Thursday, Friday and Saturday but, on…
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Great Expectations
A few days ago, I visited New Orleans and attended a program dedicated to the courageous spirit of the people of the city. The function was the brainchild of Ashish Verma, the General Manager of the renowned Windsor Court Hotel. As part of the program, Mr. Verma invited my spiritual teacher, Sri Chinmoy, to say…
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Finding a Door in the Gobi Desert
I had everything I needed for my record attempt in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia except for one small item – a 4-foot by 5-foot plank of wood! I had the regulation stilts, I had a jump rope and I had the official witnesses in the car with me. We were on our way to…
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The Most Exotic Animal
As you might have guessed by now, I am an avid animal lover. So, a few days before I was scheduled to go to Mongolia, I began thinking about what kind of exotic animal I could possibly meet in Genghis Khan’s homeland. Mongolia is famous for its horses, but I’ve met hundreds of horses (in…
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Gun Shy
The other day, I was on my bicycle rushing to some appointment when I was interrupted by a New York City policeman. Instead of waiting for a traffic light to change, I had jumped onto the sidewalk and when I turned the corner, I drove smack into the officer. Of course, I quickly steered back…
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Ashrita’s Eggs-ellent Adventure
After reading of this record experience, you may think that the record was over easy, or that my brains are scrambled, or maybe even that I have become a bit egg-centric. Egg-centric? Eggs-actly! On a more serious note, one of the many things that I have learned from my spiritual teacher, Sri Chinmoy, is the…
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A Most Fruitful Experience
Some Guinness records, which seem absolutely ridiculous on paper, turn out to be exceptionally difficult when you actually try them. The orange nose push, pushing an orange with your nose for a mile in the fastest time, is a perfect example. When I first saw the photo in the 2004 Guinness Book of the guy…