In the calendar year 1994, Arnie Wilson (UK) skied everyday in a round-the-world expedition, with partner Lucy Dicker (UK). In total they skied 1,263,972 vertical metres (4,146,890 vertical feet) at 237 resorts in 13 countries in five continents; their total distance skied was 5,919 km (3,678 miles).
The most vertical feet skied uphill by a female is 10,071.8 m (33,044 ft) by Dina Mishev (USA) at the Sunlight Mountain Resort in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA, on 8 February 2009. Mrs. Mishev set the record at the resort’s “24 Hours of Sunlight” event. The elevation profile was verified by the resort’s assistant general manager, Ross Terry, and an additional witness statement was provided by Chrissy Roll, who witnessed each of Mishev’s laps of the course. Mishev actually skied a total of 34,546 vertical
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The greatest height skiied uphill is 17,011.5 vertical metres (55,812.01 feet) by Günter Burgsteiner (Austria) on the Ahorn mountain, Mayrhofen, Austria over 19-20 March 2004 No sign of rest of claim as witness statements came in later than the rest.
The most vertical feet snowshoed uphill in 24 hours by a female is 25,534 ft (7,782.8 m) by Eileen Wysocki (USA) at the Sunlight Mountain Resort in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA, on 7-8 February 2009. Ms. Wysocki completed 17 course laps in 23 hours, 26 minutes, 16 seconds en route to her record attempt. The “24 Hours of Sunlight” race was timed by Granny Gear Productions and Real Time Race Timing Systems; the course was officially measured and verified by race staff and Sunlight Mountain
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The most viewed fighting game game bout is between Daigo Umehara (Japan) and Justin Wong (USA) from the loser”s bracket of the 2004 EVO competition in Street Fighter III: Third Strike (Capcom, 1999), with 2,068,960 views as of June 2010. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011 The fight features a stunning comeback by Umehara, and he is still widely regarded as the greatest Street Fighter player ever.
The most different ways for a videogame to be won is 6, featured in Sid Meier”s Civilization IV (2K, 2005), in which players can become the winning nation by means of Military Domination, Conquest, Time, Culture, Diplomacy or Science. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011
The greatest number of veteran tractors (i.e. older than 30 years) to plough the same field simultaneously is 4,572 at Cooley, County Louth, Ireland, on 5 August 2007.
The most viewed game walkthrough video on YouTube is a guide to the Flash and iPhone/iPad physics puzzler ‘Red Remover’ by indie developer Gaz Thomas (UK), with 7,067,488 views as of 6 September 2010. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011 The game can be played online for free at http://www.thegamehomepage.com/play/red-remover/
The popular CGI series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars averaged a viewership of 4 million at its launch on Cartoon Network. Craig Glenday presented the Guinness World Records certificate to Supervising Director Dave Filoni, CG Supervisor Joel Aron and Lead Designer Kilian Plunkett, at Comic Con 2010, held in San Diego, USA, 22 to 25 July.
Tirupati Temple in Andhra Pradesh, India, attracts 30,000–40,000 visitors per day and an estimated 75,000 on New Years Day (January 1). The Tirupati temple is also the richest Hindu temple in the world (see record), with an annual budget of $57.02 million (£35.2 million).