Friday, 18 May 2007

Mister Versatility

Ashrita Furman is the individual with the most Guinness world records. He has set 144 official Guinness records and is the holder of the most current standing records: 57, and counting! Ashrita has set records in all 7 continents and in more than 30 different countries.

Ashrita Furman, born September 16, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York, first entered into the Guinness book by doing 27,000 Jumping Jacks in 1979. Other records hw holds are fastest 10-km sack race, most underwater rope jumps in one hour, greatest distance traveled on a pogo stick, the longest distance walked by a person balancing a milk bottle on their head, and the fastest mile, pushing an orange with his nose.

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