Creating a world record is a task easier said than done. Years of practice and patience, with a hint of luck are the key elements that can bear fruit. Over the years, many ordinary people displayed extraordinary talent and etched their names in the Guinness World Records. Some of the achievements are so bizarre that they will make you question the feat. Walking along a similar vein, there has been another peculiar record that has been making the headlines recently. A man from Ghana has set a new world benchmark for hugging more than 1,100 trees.
Ghana student Abubakar Tahiru, a 29-year-old environmental activist and forestry student, set a new Guinness World Record for hugging 1,123 trees in an hour, as per the official website. In total, he gave 19 hugs in a minute. The record-breaking feat took place at the Tuskegee National Forest in Alabama, United States. The criteria for the hugging feat was to wrap “both arms around a tree in a close embrace. No tree may be hugged more than once, and no damage can be caused to any tree, or else the attempt is disqualified.”
The official Instagram handle of the Guinness World Record shared a video of the remarkable feat. It showed Abubakar Tahiru running through the dense forest and hugging different numbered trees swiftly. The video has raked up roughly 10 lakh views so far.
Abubakar Tahiru revealed that the most difficult part of the act was that he had to move past the trees at a quick pace and meet the hugging requirements. What made the task even more difficult was that he was fasting for Ramadan and couldn’t consume water. “Achieving this world record feels incredibly rewarding. It’s a meaningful gesture to highlight the crucial role of trees in our ecosystem and the urgency of environmental conservation,” he said as quoted by GWR. He hugged a tree every three seconds, surpassing the minimum requirement of 700 to become the first record holder.
Abubakar Tahiru relocated to Alabama last year to pursue his master’s degree in forestry at Auburn University.
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