What is the world's record for continuous pogo stick jumping?
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The Guinness Book of World Records says "Jumps on a Pogo Stick: The greatest number of consecutive jumps achieved on a pogo stick is 177,737, by Gary Stewart at Huntington Beach, California, USA on May 25-26, 1990. The attempt took him 20 hours and 20 minutes. Gary first tried a pogo stick in 1974, when he and his older brother, Dave, were given a dime-store model by a neighbor. Dave managed 31 jumps, and so Gary “stayed out in the garage until I could do more than 31." His determination eventually paid off and by 1985 he had set a record with 130,077 jumps in 17 hours, 26 minutes, which he went on to beat in 1990. And the reason for all this bouncing around? "Ever since I was in the first grade I would get a Guinness Book for Christmas every year. That book was my bible. Getting my name in it was like really an important thing to me. It was kind of a childhood dream."
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James Roumeliotis, 21, a senior at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, hopped his way toward the record mark for consecutive pogo stick jumps over a 24-hour period Saturday and Sunday. He finished with 178,457 bounces. The old mark was 177,737, held by a German man. http://wbztv.com/local/pogo.stick.jumping.2.589960.html
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