World Record Attempt [PLAY 2006]

 Written by: Frederick the Reckless


You're right, I bet it would have looked better from above, but from eye level, all I saw appeared to be chaos with a dash of organization. Such is the curse of being on the ground, however. I'm sure It would look absolutely beautiful viewed from above.

I believe the guys organising it had "official" cameras who were on top of a van, that along with the fact that we were on a hill should have given a fairly high POV and some good footage, not seen any of it released yet tho

Motley

 Written by: Wheee


What is it about record attempts that people think its worth not having a safety person close by in order to set a record which probably won't even be published in the book anyway?

I'm not sure I like the tone of your post there

OK so as far as my knowledge goes there were not allocated safetys(somebody please correct me if I am wrong), but the amount of people spectating around our circle formation was massive, enough for one person to see a person in trouble and go and help.

And how exactly did you find out there was 'no fire safetys'. From the video? Any peice of footage could be edited for your viewing pleasure however the creator wishes. For all you know there could have been a bright orange elephant standing on stilts in the background.

Having said that, checks were made before we went in to see that we could do the routine, and that we were experianced spinners, as I'm sure you'll agree the more you spin, the less you hit yourself.
We are NOT Fire Breathers, thus the risk of injury is greatly reduced.

Hear all that whooping and hollaring at the beginning of the video as we're all waiting to start? You can't get that feeling anywhere else. It's magical.

I for one am extremely proud of what I took part in, whether its a world record or not, and its certainly something that I'll remember for the rest of my life.

 Written by: *HyperLight


Actually, before we started, they went through the safety routine. If any was in trouble we were to make a lot of (obivous) noise about it. There were people watching to keep an eye on things too. If anything had gone wrong they would have beeped repeatedly on the horn of the van. If that happened we were instructed to lay down our toys and carefully take a few steps back from them so that the fire marshalls and medical people nearby could get to those that needed it.

Duh, of course that happend!

That part was completely erased from my memory!