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Guinnes World Records 2016
1) The document highlights several people who hold unusual and peculiar world records in the Guinness Book of World Records 2016 edition, such as the largest feet, most consecutive stairs climbed on the head, and most hamburgers eaten in three minutes. 2) It describes various odd records like the oldest abseiler at age 101, largest carrot and cauliflower, and fastest time wearing clogs. 3) The records presented cover a wide range of domains including gardening, food eating, physical feats, animal abilities, and unusual collections like gnomes.
Guinnes World Records 2016
- 1. Jeison Orlando RodriguezHernandez: largest feet on a living person (pictured with his nephew) Photograph: Gil Montano/Guinness World Records
- 2. Guinness World Records2016 From the fastest tortoise in the West to the woman with 2,042 gnomes, meet the host of glorious eccentrics who have had their peculiar talents added to Guinness World Records
- 3. Li Longlong: mostconsecutive stairs climbed on the head Photograph: Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records
- 4. Takeru Kobayashi: mosthamburgers eaten in three minutes Photograph: Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records
- 5. ‘Daring Doris’ Long,from Hayling Island, is the oldest abseiler — she took up the sport at 85 and marked her 100th birthday by bouncing down Portsmouth’s 94m Spinnaker Tower. This year, at 101, she broke her own record and hopes to repeat the feat at the tower in 2016
- 6. Peter Glazebrook's mightycauliflower could feed a family of four for a month, weighing in at a hefty 27.48kg, or 60lb 9.3 oz, and with a ‘leaf-span’ of 6ft
- 7. Andre Ortolf, 21,from Augsburg, Germany - Fastest 100m in clogsPicture: Richard Bradbury/Guinness World Records
- 8. Mahadeo Bhujbal -Most Tennis Balls In The HandPicture: Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness World Records
- 9. Bob Wade, 72,from Texas, USA, who features in the Guinness World Records 2016 for creating the largest cowboy boot sculpture.
- 10. Kalawelo Kaiwi -Largest flesh tunnel (earlobe)Picture: Walter Succu/Guinness World Records
- 11. Blosom - TallestCowPicture: Kevin Scott Ramos/Guinness World Records
- 12. Oliver Struempfel -Most beer steins carried over 40 mPicture: Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records
- 13. Kim Goodman -Farthest Eyeball Pop Picture: Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records
- 14. Franchesca: longest furon a rabbit (pictured with owner Betty Chu) Photograph: James Ellerker/Guinness World Records
- 15. Bharat Sinh Parmar:longest motorcycle Photograph: Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness World Records
- 16. Linsey Lindberg: mosttelephone directories torn in one minute Photograph: Ryan Schude/Guinness World Records
- 17. Marcus Daily: largesthot dog cart Photograph: Kevin Scott Ramos/Guinness World Records
- 18. Joel Miggler -Most Flesh Tunnels In The FacePicture: Cristian Barnett/Guinness World Records
- 19. Purin - MostBalls Caught By A Dog By The PawsPicture: Shinsuke Kamioka/Guinness World Records
- 20. Alberto Busnari: mostThomas flairs on a pommel horse in one minute. Photograph: Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records
- 21. Amateur gardener Peter Glazebrook,69, from Newark, Nottinghamshire, holds the record for the heaviest carrot (above) which made up in weight what it lacked in beauty — tipping the scales at 20lb 1 oz
- 22. The first peopleto row the navigable length of the Amazon River, Briton Anton Wright, left, and Dutch-born Mark de Rond, took just 32 days to cover 2,077 treacherous miles in often hostile conditions
- 23. Acharya Makunuri Srinivasa- Largest Ballpoint PenPicture: Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness World Records
- 24. Big Red 907,a Texas Longhorn - Largest Horn Spread on a Domestic Living SteerPicture: Guinness World Records
- 25. Olga Liashchuk: fastesttime to crush three watermelons with the thighs Photograph: Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records
- 26. Devon artist AnnAtkin, 78, has a staggering 2,042 gnomes in her four-acre garden.
- 27. Bertie: fastest tortoise Photograph:Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records
- 28. Dinesh Upadhyaya -Most grapes stuffed in the mouth in a minutePicture: Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness World Records
- 29. Jagathish: longest side-wheelie,auto-rickshaw Photograph: Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness World Records
- 30. Takeru Kobayashi -Most hot dogs eaten in 3 minutesPicture: Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records
- 31. Marawa Ibrahim -Most Hula Hoops Spun SimultaneouslyPicture: Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records
- 32. Takahiro Ikeda, 21,from Tokyo, Japan holds the record for the most BMX 'time machine' tricks in one minute. Ikeda, a professional BMX rider, managed 83 time machines in one minute
- 33. Gerhard Donie -Most Human Targets Hit With PlungersPicture: Paul Michael Hughes/GWR
- 34. John Evans, 70,faces little competition in the 33 weight-bearing categories for which he repeatedly sets records. Honoured here for ‘heaviest car balanced on the head’ (a gutted 352 lb Mini for 33 seconds), the one-eyed diabetic — who avoids the gym —explains: ‘I’ve got strong legs and a strong neck’
- 35. Tameru Zegeye: fastest100m on crutches Photograph: Richard Bradbury/Guinness World Records
- 36. Vijay Kumar: mostteeth in a mouth Photograph: Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness World Records
- 37. Sun Mingming andXu Yan: tallest married couple Photograph: Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records
- 38. Dominic Lacasse: mostchinups in the human flag position Photograph: Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records
- 39. Andre Ortolf, 21,from Augsburg, Germany, features in the 2016 edition for three world records including the fastest 100m in clogs (16.27 seconds), fastest 100m wearing ski boots (17.65 seconds) and farthest distance to blow a pea (7.51 m (24 ft 7.66 in)