Longest Handshake: Team NZ, Team Nepal set world record
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NEW YORK, JAN 19 -
After 33 hours, 3 minutes, Team New Zealand (Alastair Galpin and Don Purdon) and Team Nepal (Rohit and Santosh Timilsina) declared a tie for the world's longest handshake, becoming co-owners of the new Longest Continuous Handshake world record.
The previous Guinness world record for the Longest Continuous Handshake was 15 hours, 30 minutes, 45 seconds, achieved by Matthew Rosen and Joe Ackerman of the U.K.
"We thought it'd be good to break a Guinness world record and raise money for cancer in the process," Levin told AOL News.
An official Guinness World Records 'adjudicator' was on site to document the competition and uphold the rules.
Galpin held a previous Guinness world record for the Longest Continuous Handshake, partnered with "a muscle-y young man" for nine hours, 19 minutes. "It was fun -- even urinating and being fed coffee," he said. "We were successful."
Prior to this current attempt, he consulted a sports doctor, physiologist, gym trainers and endurance specialists and believes he's mentally and physically ready. His training routine involved hours of shaking a sandwich spread bottle with his right arm wrapped in ice packs.
Galpin and Purdon called their world record attempt "Shaking it for Downs". 25% from they money they raised went towards the Auckland Downs Syndrome Association.
Posted on: 2011-01-19 01:13
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