After 190 days and 7,000 miles of rowing a cutting-edge rowboat across the North Atlantic, two British dudes arrived in San Francisco on Friday and promptly drank a couple of beers. The Golden Gate Endeavor, as the journey was called, left Choshi, Japan near Tokyo on Friday, May 8, 2009 and passed under the Golden Gate Bridge on Friday, November 13, 2009. The duo had hoped to be the first to row unsupported between Japan and the U.S., but they ran out of food about 100 miles from the finish and accepted an emergency helicopter drop. That doesn't make the trip any less cool in my book. ]]> Victor Ozols 2009-11-14T13:14:53-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/10/20/65521/399

Headlines down in Australia these past few weeks have been heavily littered with opinions on how 16-year-old Jessica Watson will fair with her attempt to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world solo. While there were plenty of experts saying she shouldn't even try—not a good omen that she crashed into a huge ship on her way down to Sydney to start the voyage—she finally set sail on Sunday.

Jessica's journey should take her around 240 days, following the recognized southern hemisphere "round the world" route which includes some mighty difficult sea conditions. But she's not as alone as past solo sailors have been; she's got plenty of communications and she's even keeping a blog, which is now getting hundreds of comments per post.]]> amandak 2009-10-20T08:58:40-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/11/24/32650/593

If you're going to bungee jump, you might as well do it properly and launch yourself off the world's tallest. The Guinness World Record chaps say that Macau Tower is officially the world's highest commercial bungee jump at 233 meters (nearly 765 feet). OK, that's pretty high.

We first heard about this jump when the Amazing Race All-Stars stopped by Macau. They did the Sky-Jump though, which slows you down before you land and isn't quite as spine-jerking as the bungee.

Bored cubicle occupants can get their share of the thrills by switching on the Live Bungee Web Cam. It streams jumps in real time from Macau Tower--time zone dependent, of course.

Related Stories:
· Macau Tower [Official Site]
· Amazing Race All-Stars: The Tyrant Makes Charla Jump [Jaunted]
· Macau Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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We told you last week a lot of people around the globe were going to try to break some records, and we're happy to report that quite a few of them pulled it off and earned themselves a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Most people running in high heeled shoes? Check. Most kisses in one minute? Yep. Most knee bends on a Swiss ball in one hour? We don’t even know what the hell that means, but yes.

Our favorite, though, has to be the English lads and lassies who broke the record for largest gathering of people wearing underpants (or knickers, as they call them).

Fantastic job, chaps. All 116 of you.

Related Stories:
· Guinenss World Records Day [Official Site]
· World Record Breaking Pants [Pants to Poverty]
· All Kinds of (Weird) Records Set To Fall Today [Jaunted]

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If you saw something really big, really crazy or just really weird today, you're not alone. The Guinness people are pushing today as Guinness World Records Day, and more than 200,000 people in at least 18 different countries will try to weird their way into the legendary book before the day is out.

Svetlana Pankratova, a Russian woman who happens to own the world’s longest pair of legs, was making the rounds in New York yesterday to promote the event. Elsewhere, the largest dog wedding is being staged in Illinois, the largest motorcycle parade is going down in Florida and Norwegians will attempt to pour the world's largest cup of tea.

Good luck to all! Let us know if you see any record-breaking feats go down today.

Related Stories:
· Guinness World Records [Official Site]
· World Record Travel: Dubai Tower to Break Own Record [Jaunted]
· Spunky 16-year-old Set to Break Solo Sailboat Circumnavigation Record [Jaunted]

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Do you ever feel like you need to do more with your life? Do you yearn to tap into your deepest reserves of inspiration and soar to great heights, taking huge risks and making accomplishments that earn you the love and admiration of people around the world? If so, you should probably get over it. Whatever you were going to do, it's already being done by someone faster, smarter, and younger than you. Case in point: 16-year-old Zac Sunderland, who is on course to become the youngest person ever to circumnavigate the earth solo in a sailboat. A nifty LA Times story introduces us to the high-achieving skipper, who is near the halfway point of his journey in a 36-foot boat called the Intrepid. He has already traveled 12,000 miles and gone through every nautical problem short of sinking, including a recent close call with a group of pirates off the coast of Indonesia. A large wooden vessel flying no flags or markings was clearly on course to intercept him, prompting him to call his family in Thousand Oaks, California for advice. His dad's suggestion: load the .357 and shoot to kill. Fortunately for everybody involved, the pirates turned away at the last minute, and a relieved Sunderland continued on toward Mauritius. If all goes according to plan, he'll break the record in another five months or so at the age of 17 when he returns to his home port of Marina del Rey. As for the rest of us, let's congratulate Zac on the impressive feat, secure in the knowledge that we could do it too, if we felt like it.

[Photo: LA Times]

Related Stories:
· Zac Sunderland, Solo Teen Sailor, Discovers Perils of the High Seas [LA Times]
· Zac Sunderland [Official Site]
· Sailing Coverage [Jaunted]]]> Victor Ozols 2008-11-09T12:53:41-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/10/3/4734/33881

Sydney's Harbour Bridge has been carrying people across the water since 1932 but it's only a decade since the Sydney Bridge Climb allowed brave tourists to stand on top of the city's world famous icon.

To celebrate the ten year anniversary of climbing the bridge, the Bridge Climb people organized a bunch of people to climb with their flags to break the world record for "number of flags flown from a bridge" (damn, we really wanted to break that one ourselves).

Apparently the new world record is 137: A neat number that represents the number of different nationalities of the tourists who've successfully scaled the bridge so far. How very intellectual, Sydney.

Related Stories:
· Aussie Icon Sets New World Record [news.com.au]
· Touching Rivets in Sydney Harbour [Jaunted]
· Sydney Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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