Records of the year – part five
SEPTEMBER
Fastest time to shear one merino lamb
The fastest time to shear a single merino lamb is 53.88 seconds by Dwayne Black (Australia) on the set of Zheng Da
Zong Yi - Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 20 September 2007.
Highest skateboard ramp jump into water
The highest skateboard ramp jump into water is 3.29 m (10 ft 8 in) by Rob Dyrdek (USA) on MTV's The Rob &
Big Show in Los Angeles, California, USA on 17 September 2007.
Largest bowl of porridge
The largest bowl of porridge is 81.6 kg (179 lb 14 oz) and was achieved by Stoats Porridge Bars at the Edinburgh
Farmers' Market, Edinburgh, UK, on 15 September 2007.
Largest CPR training session
The largest CPR training session involved 3,249 participants for an event organized by Taipei County Government in
Taipei County Plaza, Taiwan on 16 September 2007.
Longest marathon karaoke
The longest karaoke marathon by an individual lasted 38 hr 30 min, and was performed by Thomas Brian Jones (UK)
during the event Vienna Recordia in Vienna, Austria, on 30 September 2007.
Longest marathon reading aloud by a team
The longest reading aloud marathon by a team lasted 224 hours and was completed by Milton Nan, Silvina Carbone,
Carlos Antón, Edit Díaz, Yolanda Baptista and Natalie Dantaz (all Uruguay) at Mac Center Shopping,
Paysandú, Uruguay between 13-22 September 2007.
OCTOBER
Heaviest weight lifted with glue
The heaviest weight lifted with glue is a Ford Pick Up Truck of 4,140 kg (9,127.14 lb). The vehicle was lifted for
one hour by a crane, suspended on a steel cylinder of 7 cm diameter which was glued together one hour before using 9
drops of the commercially available household adhesive “UHU Alleskleber Super Strong&Safe” in
Bühl, Germany, on 11 October 2007.
Largest chocolate bar
The largest chocolate bar weighed 3,580 kg (7,892 lb 8 oz) and was made by Elah Dufour - Novi in Alessandria,
Piemonte, Italy, on 11 October 2007.
Largest football (soccer) tournament, players
The largest football tournament is Copa Telmex, held between February and
October 2007, in Mexico and contested by 8,600 teams totalling 148,714 players. The tournament was organized with the aim of improving the quality of life of Mexican youth.
Most participants in a swimming relay in one hour
The record for the most swimmers to complete a lap within one hour is 159 and was set by swimmers from Guangdong and Hong Kong in an event organised by the Hong Kong Society for the Blind at La Salle College Swimming Pool, in Hong
Kong, China on 14 October 2007.
Most snails on face
The record for the most snails to remain on the face for 10 seconds is eight and was achieved by Alastair Galpin
(New Zealand) at The Warehouse shop in Sylvia Park, Auckland, New Zealand, on 27 October 2007.
Most expensive haircut
The most expensive hair cut cost £8,000 ($16,420) and was made by Stuart Phillips at the Stuart Phillips Salon in Covent Garden, London, UK, on 29 October 2007.
This story continues on Monday....
21 December 2007