Getting into Guinness: One man’s longest, fastest, highest journey inside the world’s most famous record book
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Larry Olmsted. Getting into Guinness: One man’s longest, fastest, highest journey inside the world’s most famous record book
Getting Into Guinness
Larry Olmsted
Table of Contents
Author’s Note
Introduction. 13 JUNE, 2004, FOXWOODS CASINO, LEDYARD, CONNECTICUT, USA
2005, LONDON, FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY OF GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
JUNE 2006, HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA
1 Meet Ashrita, Record Breaker for God
2 The Greatest Record of All: Birds, Beaver, Beer and Sir Hugh’s Impossible Question
3 Getting into Guinness Gets Personal
4 Guinnessport: Getting into Guinness Goes Prime Time
5 15 Minutes of Fame
6 72 Hours in Hell: Getting Back into Guinness
THE CLAIM FORM I FILED WITH GUINNESS AFTER MY POKER ATTEMPT
7 The Cheese Does Not Stand Alone: Giant Food and Guinness
8 Records Go Global
9 The Dark Side: Guinness Records Gone Bad
Epilogue
Appendix 1. THE STORIES OF MY FAVOURITE RECORDS
Appendix 2. THE LONG WAY INTO GUINNESS: AN ODE TO DRUDGERY
Appendix 3. SO YOU WANT TO BE A RECORD BREAKER?
PLAN A
PLAN B
ATTEMPT DETAILS
Appendix 4. A RECORD-BREAKING TIMELINE
Endnotes
CHAPTER 1 MEET ASHRITA, RECORD BREAKER FOR GOD
CHAPTER 2 THE GREATEST RECORD OF ALL: BIRDS, BEAVER, BEER AND SIR HUGH’S IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION
CHAPTER 3 GETTING INTO GUINNESS GETS PERSONAL
CHAPTER 4 GUINNESSPORT: GETTING INTO GUINNESS GOES PRIME TIME
CHAPTER 5 15 MINUTES OF FAME
CHAPTER 6 72 HOURS IN HELL: GETTING BACK INTO GUINNESS
CHAPTER 7 THE CHEESE DOES NOT STAND ALONE: GIANT FOOD AND GUINNESS
CHAPTER 8 RECORDS GO GLOBAL
CHAPTER 9 THE DARK SIDE: GUINNESS RECORDS GONE BAD
EPILOGUE
APPENDIX 1: THE STORIES OF MY FAVOURITE RECORDS
APPENDIX 2: THE LONG WAY INTO GUINNESS: AN ODE TO DRUDGERY
APPENDIX 4: A RECORD-BREAKING TIMELINE
Index
Acknowledgements
Copyright
About the Publisher
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One Man’s Longest, Fastest, Highest Journey Inside The World’s Most Famous Record Book
INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY, 30 MARCH, 2007
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Many of the records involve child-like activities such as juggling, hopscotch, unicycling, pogo-stick jumping, somersaulting, yodelling and balancing objects on my head or chin. You know how children are so close to their parents? That’s how my teacher Sri Chinmoy says we should be to God; you should feel like a child with affection and sweetness towards God. That fits in with the child-like nature. I like doing these things. When people ask me how I choose what record to do, I always say choose something that you love to do, something that gives you joy, because you are going to have to practise it for hours and hours. There’s a record for eating an onion. I’m good at it, I’m a fast eater and I am within a few seconds but I can’t stand doing it. I tried it and I’m not getting any joy, so forget it, I’m not going to deal with it. There are so many other things I can do.
Like peeling and eating a whole lemon, which he must like better than onions, since he set the record in 2007, for the second time, at under 11 seconds.
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