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How to plan for a world record attempt
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How to plan for a world record attempt

In 2016, I set my first world record when I successfully completed the London marathon carrying a 100-lb backpack, something that had never been done on record before (I suspect people have completed it before so I don’t think of myself as being the first to have ever done it).

The process was something I get asked about by adventurers after hearing my Tales of Adventure podcast, and so I decided to document the process for others who also want to enter the Guinness book of records.

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