Guinness Book of World Records,
2004 by Guinness World Records
Best Record Book Ever
The all-new 2004 edition of the Guinness World Records book contains
more than 700 new records, 10 full-page feature spreads, and the most
photographs in any Guinness World Records book in history! Popular
categories in this years edition include Sport, Science and Technology,
Humans, Feats of Engineering and more. At 288 pages and a beautiful
blue holographic cover, the 2004 edition will be a holiday hit with kids and
adults alike. Check out some of the cool records highlighted in the 2004
edition: TALLEST ROLLER COASTER Top Thrill Dragster, a
hydraulically launched out-and-back strata-coaster at Cedar Point,
Sandusky, Ohio, USA, reaches a height of 420 feet and has a maximum
design speed of 120 mph. It opened in May 2003 and cost $25 million.
HIGHEST PAID TV GUEST STAR The world record for the highest
amount paid to an actor to guest star on a TV show is Matthew Perry,who
was paid $765,900 for appearing on FOXs Ally McBeal (USA). The 2-hour
episode was broadcast on April 15, 2002 and Perry played the character
of Todd Merrick. OLDEST LIVING INDIVIDUAL TREE The oldest
living individual tree is the ancient Bristlecone Pine Methuselah (Pinus
longaeva) which is 4,733 years old. It was found by Dr. Edmund
Schulman (USA) in the White Mountains, California, USA and dated in
1957. SMALLEST DOG The worlds smallest dog living is Whitney,
a Yorkshire terrier who measured 3 inches to the shoulder and 9.5 inches
from nose to tail-tip on November 26, 2002. Whitney is owned by
Christopher and Patricia Sheridan of Shoeburyness, Essex, UK.
FASTEST ASCENT OF MOUNT EVEREST (SOUTH SIDE) Lakpa Gelu
Sherpa (Nepal) made a successful ascent of Mt Everest in 10 hr 56 min
46 sec on 26 May 2003, the fastest ever climb from base camp to the
summit of the worlds tallest mountain. HIGHEST PRONE
SKATEBOARD SPEED The highest speed recorded on a skateboard is

78.37 mph in a prone position by Roger Hickey, 32, on a course near Los
Angeles, California, USA on March 15, 1990. YOUNGEST SOLO
TRANSATLANTIC SAILOR Sebastian Seb Clover (UK, b. 15 January
1987) sailed across the Atlantic Ocean single handedly between Santa
Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, and English Harbour, Antigua &
Barbuda, aged 15 years 362 days, from 19 December 2002 to 12 January
2003.
Personal Review: Guinness Book of World Records, 2004 by
Guinness World Records
The guinness book of world records is a book that keeps you and me
informed of the amaising yet fairly random things that men and women
arround the world have achieved the best of. It kept me interrested for
months and i always love to go back to them to see the different records. I
truly believe that this is the best record book ever.
Roz
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