The production site is Chain-of-Custody certified and operates within environmental systems certificated The paper contained within this edition is manufactured by Stora En so Veitsiluoto, Finland. The trees that are harvested to print Guinness World Records are carefully selected from managed forests to avoid the devastation of the landscape. You can also join and interact with the GWR online community. Check the official website -regularly for record-breaking news, plus video footage of record attempts. Always contact us before making a record attempt. If you wish to make a record claim, find out how on p.14. For a complete list of credits and acknowledgements, turn to p.284.īebbington (Americanization), C h ris Bernstein (indexing), Matthew White (proofreading) Special thanks: Matthew White Nigel Wright and Janice Browne at XAB Design. British Library Cataloguing-in- Publication Data:Ī catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, chemical, mechanical, including photography, or used in any information storage or retrieval system without a licence or other permission in writing from the copyright owners. WORLD COPYRIGHT 2012 GUINNISSWORLD RECORDS LIMITED But what is the absolute limit to our deepest desires? GWR's adventure advisor Mike Flynn takes us in search of Earth's final frontiers on pp.114-11 5. THE GREAT PYRAm i D WAS THE WORLD'S TA LLEST BUILDinG FOR What you may not find is a definitive answer to each question some extremes are impossible to predict, of course, but we can at least explore the fascinating factors that define their limits. The question, each time, is how far can a record be pushed? So, what's the greatest age to which a human can live? Or the heaviest weight an athlete can lift in competition? Or the tallest tower we can build? You'll find these features at the beginning of each chapter. For this year's book, we have asked our consultants, advisers and records managers to explore the outer limits of some popular categories. Yet surely there is an upper limit to every record. twice!ĭo world records have their limits? Is there a point beyond which a record cannot be broken? This is a key question here at Guinness World Records because one of the fundamental criteria for us is that a record is breakable (apart from significant "firsts", of course). (Feb.Exploring the extremes of record-breaking It took 50,000 years of evolution for a human to run a mile in less than four minutes within two months, the record had been beaten. Offering an honest and funny representation of sibling rivalry and peer pressure, this contemporary tale, told from the boys’ alternating points of view, ought to find a large fan base. Meanwhile, Owen resents the attention Russell gets as he crosses into sports territory (“Even though I knew it wouldn’t be a big deal to anyone else, I hated that Russ suddenly had the cool shoes and the awesome jump shot”). Although Russell shows an uncanny talent for making three-pointers, his dribbling skills are sorely lacking, and basketball practice interferes with his responsibilities as leader of his academic competition group. No one is more shocked than Russell when he makes the cut, along with Owen, but his victory precipitates a flurry of conflicts for both boys. The boys are content with their respective roles until the new school basketball coach, impressed by Russell’s height, invites him to try out for the team. In this series opener, Mack (After All, You’re Callie Boone) introduces athletic seventh-grader Owen and his klutzy, academic-minded fraternal twin, Russell.
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