The image above is a drawing of Ashrita Furman, a 54-year-old Guinness World Record holder. But Ashrita Furman is unique. He holds not just one Guinness World Record, but more than 100. From a race balancing a baseball bat on one hand to a jumping balloon journey along the Great Wall of China, Ashrita Furman is a multi-talented athlete who has carried out these incredible record setting exploits in 30 countries and all 7 continents.
Not just content to smash existing records, Ashrita Furman invents and carries out his own record setting challenges: he owns the world record for juggling underwater (48 mins) and won a sack race against a Mongolian yak. His secret: the self-transcendent philosophy of Indian mystic Sri Chinmoy; a method of concentration and self-transcendence based on meditation.
What is the post stick world record for the high jump?
Well, the record changes all the time, but as of this writing, the pogo stick world record for the high jump is 9 feet 6 inches. The record was set by Dan Mahoney at the Pogopalooza 7 pogo stick competition in Salt Lake City, Utah. The video above shows Dan using his Flybar 1200 pogo stick to jump over a bar set a nine feet six inches and break the world record for the highest jump ever performed on a pogo stick.
Compare this video to just three years ago (2007) when Fred Grzybowskiset the pogo stick world record for the highest jump at just 7 feet six inches. Over the past three years, a total of 2 additional feet has been added to the record. Just imagine where we might be in another three years?
Do you think you could break the pogo stick world record for the highest jump on a pogo stick? How high do you think pogo stick athletes will be jumping in three to five years? My guess is that we will see a pogo sticker jump more than 12 feet into the air at some point in the very near future?
