He tells us that in writing the book he discovered the simple reason why many people want to set a world record.
More than 20,000 people in Manila, Philippines attempt to break the "Guinness World Record" for the "Largest Human Cross" earlier this year
LARRY OLMSTED: "Everyone wants to be famous. And, in a sense, while I don’t think you really become famous, from the record-setter's perception it’s a way to be immortalized."
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: That desire to live forever in a record book may not seem very surprising. But Larry Olmsted says he was surprised to learn that very few records are published in the annual edition of the book.
LARRY OLMSTED: "They don’t put most of the records in the book, and that really turns out to be the biggest surprise of all for people who actually set the records. Because almost everybody sets the record with the expectation that they’ll see their name in the book, and the majority don’t, and they are very, very disappointed."
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BARBARA KLEIN: There are thirty thousand Guinness record categories, including some that are no longer active. The company publishes about four thousand records a year in the book and posts just three thousand records online.
Larry Olmsted says everyone who hears he has set world records wants to know how they can set a record. The easiest way to get into the Guinness book, he says, is to be a top athlete who is the best in the world at a sport. Good luck.
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