Longest inline skating chain
The longest inline skating chain involved 280 participants in Padang, Singapore, for an event organised by Samsung Asia Pte Ltd. (Singapore) on 6 August 2006.
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Longest indoor freefall
The longest indoor freefall lasted 4 hr 22 min 20 sec and was jointly achieved by Lawrence Koh (Singapore) and Kristopher Reynolds (USA) at iFLY Singapore, Singapore, on 15 May 2014.
Longest individual Test cricket innings
Hanif Mohammad (Pakistan) batted for 16 hr 10 min, when scoring 337 for Pakistan against the West Indies at Bridgetown, Barbados in the 1st Test from 17-23 January 1958.
Longest individual net session (cricket)
The longest individual cricket net session lasted 26 hours and was completed by Alby Shale (UK) at the Kia Oval, London, UK on 15-16 July 2013. Alby faced a total of 6,062 deliveries, a few of which were bowled by British Prime Minister David Cameron (UK). The attempt was to raise funds for the Rwandan Cricket Stadium Foundation.
Longest journey by electric vehicle (non-solar)
The longest journey by electric vehicle (non-solar) is 19,607.96 km (12,183.80 miles) and was achieved by Norman Hajjar (USA) who drove a Tesla Model S from Portland, Oregon to Venice, California, USA, from 28 March to 21 April 2014. 4311.1 kWh of electricity was consumed and 91 charges took place over the course of the journey. The entire trip was driven solo by Norman Hajjar, Managing Director of PlugInsights, the research division of Recargo Inc.
Longest journey by dragon boat
The longest journey by dragon boat was 294.58 nautical miles (545.56 km) and was achieved by Team Beauties & Barnacles (USA) down the Missouri River and ending in St. Charles, Missouri, USA, on 24-25 August 2010. The team of 20 completed the 339 statute miles as part of the annual Missouri River 340 race and did so in 38 hr 5 min. Theirs was the first-ever dragon boat to compete in the canoe/kayak competition. This does not qualify for the record “longest distance by dragon Continue reading →
Longest journey by canoe (kayak) solo
The longest journey by canoe or kayak was made by Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton (UK) who paddled 2010 miles (3234.79 km) from the confluence of the Rio Maranon and Rio Ucayali, Peru to St. John in the Amazon Delta, Brazil from 20 January to 28 February 2010 in aid of Sport Relief. Helen paddled in a kayak called the Anne Marie – she is also thought to be the first woman to paddle down the Amazon.
Longest journey by bus
Between 6 November 1988 and 3 December 1989 Hughie Thompson, John Weston and Richard Steel (all UK) covered 87,367 km (54,289 miles) through 18 countries in the World Bus, a red London Routemaster double-decker bus. The route was London, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai, Lahore, Bombay, Singapore, Perth, Sydney, Rio, Santiago, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Liverpool, London.
Longest journey by aquabike (jetski)
The longest ever journey on an aquabike (PWC) is 17,266.69 km (10,729 miles), by Adriaan Marais and Marinus du Plessis (both South Africa), who followed the west coast of North America south to the Panama Canal. They arrived in Panama City, Panama, after 95 days of navigation, on 19 September 2006. Using a satellite phone and a laptop computer they tote in a waterproof case, the men have updated a daily web diary at www.13000miles.com. They spent an averae of 10 hours a day at Continue reading →
Longest journey by a wind-powered car
Dirk Gion and Stefan Simmerer (both Germany) travelled 5,000 km (3,100 miles) from Perth to Melbourne, Australia, in 18 days in January/February 2011. Their car, the Wind Explorer, weighs just 220 kg (485.02 lb) and is powered by the wind; a wind turbine charges a lithium-ion battery pack to provide propulsion and, when the wind is strong enough, kite resembling a parasail is used to harness the power of the wind directly. With the exception of around $10 worth of electricity when the wind was Continue reading →