Getting Into Guinness : One Man's Longest, Fastest, Highest Journey Inside the World's Most Famous Record Book

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The hilarious true story of record breaking attempts, how record obsession has become a global phenomenon, the weird and wonderful characters that set records and the history of the Guinness Book of World Records. Meet Larry Olmsted, a freelance travel and sports writer, always on the hunt for new and intriguing stories. In Spring 2003, somewhere over the North Atlantic, Larry stumbled on an article about the worldwide popularity of Guinness. Inspired by what he read and in a bid to impress his editor, he took the drastic decision to set a record of his own and become part of the book's history like so many had before him. This leads Larry to break the record for the greatest distance travelled between two rounds of golf played on the same day and 2 years later to play poker continuously for 72 hours After his own hilarious record attempts, Larry sets out to discover more about the vast and colourful history of the Guinness Book of World Records and this leads him to his fellow record setters. And so begins his quest to discover the truth about their record mania. This is the hilarious untold story of the eccentric characters that set the world's most mind-boggling records.

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General Fields

• ISBN : 9780007261291
• Publisher : 110326
• Imprint : 110326
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Bind : Hardback
• Author : Larry Olmsted