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Meet Larry Olmsted, a freelance travel and sports writer, always on the hunt for new and intriguing stories. In Spring 2003, somewhere over the North Atlantic, Larry stumbled on an article about the worldwide popularity of Guinness. Inspired by what he read, and in a bid to impress his editor, he took the drastic decision to set a record of his own and become part of the book's history. This leads Larry to break the record for the greatest distance travelled between two rounds of golf played on the same day and two years later to play poker continuously for 72 hours.After his own hilarious…
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2 editions- Ebook · English · 2009HarperCollins · 9780007353620
- Other · English · 2009Collins · 300 pages · 9780007284252
Biography & AutobiographyNonfictionWorld recordsCuriosities and wonders
