A man in the United States travels 61 kilometers to break the world record

Author:Pole news Time:2022.08.31

Polar news reporter Manda Hu Xiuwen

According to the "Guardian" reported on August 29, a man in the United States recently rides a ship made of a hollowed pumpkin and draws 38 miles (61.155 kilometers) along the river to celebrate his 60th birthday and is expected to be expected Create the Guinness World Record.

Duan Hanson Dragon Pumpkin Ship (Picture Source: CNN)

At about 7:30 am local time on August 27th, Du An Hanson, a man in Nebraska, from Nebraska, from Belvey, Nebraska. He was sitting in a huge hollowed pumpkin paddle, and pumpkin weighed 846 pounds (about 767 catties). Hanson rowed along the Missouri River and completed his trip around 6:30 pm. It lasted for 11 hours and the journey was 38 miles (61.155 kilometers).

"SS BERTA" (picture source: CNN) is written on the pumpkin boat

CNN reports that "SS BERTA" on the back of Hanson's pumpkin boat. Hansen's wife, family and friends recorded the journey. Some of them followed Hanson on the right ship to prevent accidents from having a pumpkin boat.

After completing the journey, Hansen released a video saying that his knees were injured. "I may not try this anymore. If someone breaks this record, I will bow to them because they are strong."

Hanson is a resident of Nebraska. He likes to grow big pumpkins, gourds and other vegetables. This is his hobby. After seeing someone trying to break the record of the previous sannar boat, Hansen was inspired. At the age of 60, he celebrates his birthday in this unique and crazy way.

Hansen asked the city government officials to witness this strong promotion in order to get the recognition of the Guinness World Record. According to data from the Guinness World Records website, the longest journey of the pumpkin ship was 25.5 miles (41.038 kilometers), which was created by Rick Svison in 2016.

The Guinness World Book Spokesman Kelly Garovova told CNN that the organization had received an application from Hansen and was waiting for evidence for review.

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