British adventurer visits the seven wonders in less than seven days and sets a record
Jamie McDonald, a British adventurer better known as “Adventureman”, set a challenge and visited the seven wonders of the modern world in less than 7 days.
The achievement is recognized in the Guinness Book, the Book of Records. He managed the trick 6 days, 16 hours and 14 minutes between March 6th and 12th.
Jamie began the journey through the Great Wall of China and pass Taj Mahal, peterO coliseumO Christ the Redeemer, Machu Picchu and the Chichen Itza.
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According to his report, the British adventurer traveled four continents, landed in nine countries, took 13 flights and rode in 16 taxis, 9 buses, 4 trains and a toboggan run. All in all, they were Almost 37,000 kilometers were covered in less than a week.
The clock started ticking as he left the Great Wall of China and began visiting the other destinations.
For the trip to be recognized by Guinness World Records, Jamie had to follow several rules:
- Only use public transport with fixed timetables. Licensed taxis were only allowed for journeys maximum 50 kilometers;
- Keep a record with clearly indexed evidence (receipts, tickets, etc.) to support each phase;
- Ask for receipts and/or tickets whenever available;
- Use professional precision equipment (e.g. GPS tracking devices);
- Make Videos and photos that show youplace and date of each place visited;
- Questions a written or recorded statement from an official of the local authority and/or police at each site visited;
- We understand that the “clock” starts ticking the moment the challenger leaves the first wonder and It stops for no reason until he reaches the last point.