An Oregon man has set a new world record by paddling a massive pumpkin boat 73km down a river.
Gary Kristensen, from Happy Valley, carved out his 1,214-pound pumpkin, named “Punky Loafster,” and paddled it down the Columbia River in Washington. His goal was to beat the previous Guinness World Record of about 62 km, and after 26 grueling hours, he succeeded.
Kristensen, who has been growing giant pumpkins since 2011, started transforming them into boats in 2013 for the West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta. He’s won that race for four years in a row, but this time, he wanted to tackle something even bigger. His record-breaking journey wasn’t easy—he faced 50 kph winds and choppy waters near the Bonneville Dam. At one point, waves even started spilling over the pumpkin’s edges.
To document his unusual adventure, Kristensen used a camera attached to a broomstick and printed “It’s real” on the side of the pumpkin. This was his way of proving to curious onlookers that, yes, he really was paddling a giant pumpkin down the river!
very interesting
I loved reading it because, I never knew that maybe chocolate might be gone in the future!
save the chocolate…
I enjoyed this reading because
it show what climate changes does!!
they might have to move most chocolate into a colder place, since the climate clock is getting low
so temperature might get higher.
i love chocolate
I’m allergic to dairy, but this makes me sad for my best friends all around NZ (don’t think it’s weird because I actually do). And my chocolate loving cousin, her name is Dana (I’m from South Korea and she told me how to spell her name in Korean but its not pronounced like Dana).
I know that there are chocolate lovers around the world so, poor them or if you like chocolate poor you (even though I’m allergic to dairy, or to make it easy dairy products: cheese, milk, butter etc).