Oregon man paddles pumpkin 45.67 miles to break world record

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-04 17:19:00 | Updated at 2024-11-05 23:22:03 1 day ago

Oregon man paddles pumpkin 45.67 miles to break world record
upi ^ | 10/31/2024 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 11/04/2024 8:49:04 AM PST by BenLurkin

Gary Kristensen, a Happy Valley man who has been growing giant pumpkins since 2011, started converting his gargantuan gourds into boats into 2013 to compete in the West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta, which he has won for the past four consecutive years.

ristensen hollowed out a pumpkin he dubbed Punky Loafster this year to take on his longtime goal of breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest paddling journey by pumpkin boat.

His 45.67-mile journey down the Columbia River, which took him more than 26 hours, aimed to break the previous record of about 39 miles.

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Kristensen used a camera mounted to a broomstick to record his journey and printed the words "it's real" on the side of the pumpkin to answer the most obvious question that might have been asked by curious onlookers.

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1 posted on 11/04/2024 8:49:04 AM PST by BenLurkin

To: BenLurkin

It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

2 posted on 11/04/2024 8:49:53 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

To: dfwgator

3 posted on 11/04/2024 8:53:13 AM PST by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )

To: BenLurkin

people can sometimes be awesome.

4 posted on 11/04/2024 8:54:10 AM PST by BigFreakinToad (just remember the Harris algorithm runs at 3 am.)

To: BenLurkin

“West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta,”

I wad surprised to learn that there are many pumpkin regattas.

5 posted on 11/04/2024 8:56:24 AM PST by TexasGator (FIXED! I. I I l I l l "l I l / .I lI . l I l l l I I l /l l . l l l l l . I l I .)

To: BenLurkin

Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

6 posted on 11/04/2024 8:57:15 AM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))

To: BenLurkin

Big pumpkin!

7 posted on 11/04/2024 8:59:34 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)

To: BenLurkin

I thought it said Orange Man.

8 posted on 11/04/2024 9:03:06 AM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)

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