During the Impossibility Challenger on the weekend of 2nd and 3rd October 2010 in Dachau near Munich eleven participants from seven countries set 4 Guinness World Records, 11 world records and 4 personal records on the grounds of the sports club ASV.
Yoga asanas are relaxing and improve your health. But doing 41 yoga poses and stretching exercises in 5 minutes 19 seconds and 31 poses in 4 minutes 5 seconds balancing on a BMX Bike without touching the ground is a challenge. 58-year-old Khiv Raj Gurjar traveled from Jodhpur in India all the way to Germany to accomplish these feats. Khiv Raj Gurjar, who studied yoga since the age of 13 and meditates regularly, balanced also for 11 minutes 18 seconds on a BMX Bike without contact with the ground. His three world records were part of the 17th edition of the Impossibility Challenger organised by the Sri Chinmoy Centres.
One can juggle well with balls. But did you ever think that axes are good for juggling? 51-year-old Milan Roskopf from Slovakia’s capital Bratislava juggled with three axes 53 times and therewith improved his old world record by 18 axe throws.
Jennifer Davis (36) from Canada entertained her listeners as she set a new Guinness World Record with her whistling marathon. For 24 hours the Canadian whistled songs composed by Sri Chinmoy, the founder of the Impossibility Challenger. Only 5 minutes of rest were allowed after each full hour and the rest time was subtracted, so that she had to whistle a real total of 24 hours.
Christian Schaefer from the town of Netphen (near Siegen) in Germany tore in half 36 regular size envelopes in 30 seconds (old record: 26), blew a post stamp with his mouth over a 100 metre long course in 3 minutes and 4 seconds – 4 minutes and 25 seconds faster than his predecessor – and memorized 207 binary numbers (old record 132) in one minute. That means an amazing three entries in the Guinness Book of World Records for the 18-year-old North German Memory Champion of 2010.
Ranjit Pal (48) from Phagwara in India set a world record in his age category with the most rope skips in one minute. He did more than 4 rope skips in one second – a total of unbelievable 276.
Rainer Schroeder from Altenburg near Leipzig in Germany has a tough neck. The East-German set a world record by bending a 44 cm long and 1 cm thick bar of construction steel from straight to 39 degrees with bare hands around his neck. His teeth and neck muscles are also full of strength. He bend a horse shoe with his teeth through 180 degree into the shape of a question mark in 2 minutes 30 seconds. The 49-year-old broke also a 3 mm steel chain by stretching his body in 5 seconds. The steel chain was wound around his waist and on the other end fixed at a steel plate on which he stood. – a third world record for Schroeder.
The athlete, musician and peace visionary Sri Chinmoy initiated the Impossibility Challenger to inspire people to experience the joy of self-transcendence. Sri Chinmoy himself set many weightlifting world records. See Gallery 2010 for photographs about the event.