Drumathons

The world record for the longest period of time spent at drumming non-stop was pretty much smashed today, although i don't know if there are separate records for African drums & modern full kits. Anyways, here's something you didn't know: The guy who held the world record for non-stop drumming on a full kit was from Lisburn, which was pretty cool. He went for 57 hours without stopping, while being fed and watered at the same time. As far as i know, at the end he threw up and then slept for 24 hours non-stop. I think he also ripped a muscle in his leg half way through, but kept going. Crazy guy. I'd love to try it sometime.

Back to the new record. This was done in Kenya, by 8 people, who did it in shifts of three people every 8 hours. They went day and night for 100 hours, which would have been great fun in my opinion. What i found even cooler was when they said at the finish (even though they were wrecked) they felt "sweet, healed and cured" afterwards. Sounds good to me.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4308555.stm