Sleep Your Way To Becoming A World Record Holder

Sleep Your WayTo Becoming A World Record Holder 8. World Records Which Involved Sleep (Or A Lack Of...) Each year thousands of people take on Guinness World Records, many of which involve sleep or being able to survive on a lack of it. Having scoured thousands of records, here's 8 of the most impressive ones completed involving (often a lack of) sleep: Longest Period Without Sleep 264.4 hours (11 days 24 minutes) without sleep USA 1964 Randy Gardner Facts Some 51 years on, Randy Gardner still to this day holds the world record for the longest period without sleep. No stimulants were used to stay awake and accounts of his sleep-deprivation experience and medical response became widely known among the sleep research community. C. Longest Marathon Radio Show by a DJ Netherlands May 2014 198 hours on air between 12th and 20th Giel Beelen May 2015 on 3FM Radio in Hilversum Facts Giel was permitted to accumulate 5 minutes sleep per hour and took these as a number of 'power naps' during the marathon. He only left the studio for toilet breaks and these naps and had a small exercise bike underneath his desk to allow for short spells of exercise. 3. Longest Videogame Marathon Australia 135 hours playing Call of Duty Black Ops 2 November 2012 Okan Kaya Facts Omar smashed the previous record of 120 hours and 7 minutes by a whopping 15 hours. He was given 10 minutes rest for every hour he played and accumulated these for strategic power naps. His marathon earned him a position in 37th place on the Black Ops 2 online leaderboard. 4. Longest Marathon Bartending Cafe Het Gildenhuis in 135 hours playing Call of Duty Black ops 2 November 2012 Opglabbeek, Belgium Ruth Brands Facts Dealing with drink people can be exhausting enough, never mid embarking on a marathon bartending shift and Ruth completed an 111 hour shift behind the bar. Staff at the bar ran events and fundraisers during the marathon and raised more than £10,000 for a children's charity. S. Largest Simultaneous Sleepover The world's largest sleepover organised by BT in aid of ChildLine Worldwide June 2006 BT Facts The BT Giant Sleepover in aid of ChildLine saw 33,093 individuals at more than 1,000 worldwide locations as far away as India and Nepal host the world's largest simultaneous sleepover, breaking their own world record set the previous year. At this time, BT also broke the record for the largest simultaneous teeth brushing. 6. Largest Sleeping Bag The world's largest sleeping bag which was manufactured by Slumberjack USA May 2001 Slumberjack Facts This mammoth sleeping bag measured 24.5 ft (7.46m) wide, 54.16ft (16.5m) long and weighed 175lbs (79kg). The sleeping bag was created in honour of Slumberjack's 50th anniversary. 7. Continuous Hula Hooping Marathon USA October 2009 74 hours and 54 minutes continuous hula ooping.WITHOUT sleep! Aaron Hibbs Facts Some world records are regularly beaten year upon year, however the hula hooping marathon record had stood for 25 years until Aaron broke it in 2009, managing to hula hoop for 74 hours and 54 minutes without breaks or, more importantly, sleep. During the incredible stint, he had a team of over 100 people to help him reach his target time, and even had his own segment on Fox News which checked in on his progress. 8. Pool Playing Marathon USA December 2013 100 hours continuous pool playing, completed by two pairs. Drew Rieck, Keith Pulley Shawn Terrell & Davi Miles Facts On the 6th of December, 2013, four pairs of pool players embarked on this record, however by the time they achieved exactly 100 hours, only two of the four pairs were left standing. The other two retired due to exhaustion. Brought To You by: sleepypeople.com Sleepy People.com the place for a great nights sdeop