| Surprisingly enough you need some money. In | | | | the attempt. |
| order to get your Guinness World Record | | | | Most of the records that are in the Guinness |
| registered, assuming that you break a record, and | | | | Book of World Records are truly amazing. You |
| that you follow all the rules and regulations for the | | | | are not going to be able to go out and set a |
| particular record that you are going to attempt, | | | | record without some training and planning. The |
| you need to register a claim form with the good | | | | Guinness event that I am personally familiar with |
| folks at Guinness, and this process costs over | | | | was Matt Frames Guinness World Record for |
| $500 USD. | | | | longest handcuffed swim that he did twice in |
| As in any endeavor, the job isn't done until the | | | | Sihanoukville Cambodia.. The first one was |
| paperwork is finished; this has to be done | | | | swimming 5.8 km handcuffed which took over 6 |
| correctly, if you are going to get a record | | | | hours. The 2nd record attempt on Jan 13, 2007, |
| recognized by Guinness. You will need to provide | | | | he swam 20 km handcuffed and was in the |
| witness to the event, and they will need to fill out | | | | water swimming continuously for over 16.5 hours, |
| forms that say that the rules and regulations for | | | | with short in water breaks to take fluids and |
| that particular record were adhered to. | | | | nourishment in the form of protein drinks. Matt |
| Photographic and video evidence of the event is | | | | trained for over 3 months with this record |
| also encouraged, if Guinness doesn't actually come | | | | attempt in mind, and being involved in both record |
| to record the record breaking attempt. If you | | | | attempts as the safety guy, I was able to see a |
| want Guinness to come they will send an | | | | lot the of behind the scenes work necessary for |
| adjudicator at your expense, the benefit of this is | | | | the planning, and the actual work of the |
| that they can certify the record on the spot. | | | | volunteers on the days leading up to the event, |
| Safety is something that is important as well, | | | | that in itself seemed like a world record attempt. |
| they really don't want anyone to get hurt | | | | So if you are thinking of going for a Guinness |
| attempting or breaking a record, so they have | | | | World Record do lots of planning, get lots of |
| safety rules that are applied to the records to | | | | volunteers and schedule a lot of time for practice. |
| make sure that the record breaker or any of the | | | | Good Luck! |
| bystanders, or volunteers doesn't get hurt during | | | | |