A team of daring adrenaline junkies in Knowsley leaped in to the Guinness Book of World Records and raised money for the Merseyside Youth Challenge Trust on Monday (20th April).
Ten volunteers including a member of the public, Aerial Extreme staff, charity staff and a local journalist hurled themselves down the course’s 14 metre Powerfan in a jumping marathon for eight hours, in the hope of setting a new Guinness World Record for the ‘Longest Accumulative Powerfan Jump.’
The team smashed the minimum requirement of accumulating 2km by clocking up a respectable 4.485km – the equivalent of 345 jumps off the Powerfan – over double the minimum requirement.
Aerial Extreme came up with this fearless feat to help the Merseyside Youth Challenge Trust, which supports young and often disadvantaged people wanting to get involved in outdoor adventure training. Their outdoors activity centre allowed for 3,469 children to attend their sessions in 2007, but the trusts lack of funding has resulted in them having to turn away groups of children.
Each team member jumped over 30 times off the Powerfan.
Knowsley’s site manager, Becky Allen, said: “We had a fantastic time attempting to break the world record – although it certainly wasn’t a breeze! The whole team worked really hard, and we would like to thank everyone who took part on the day or donated money towards such a good cause.”
So far, the course has raised £200 for the Merseyside Youth Challenge but this total is set to rise.
The jaw dropping Powerfan plunge at Aerial Extreme is the final obstacle at the UK’s largest adventure rope course of its kind. The site, set in Knowsley Safari Park, boasts 60 fun packed obstacles including zip wires, crash cargo nets, balance beams and wobbly rope bridges.
The record attempt was thoroughly documented, videoed and photographed, and witness statements have been submitted to enable Guinness World Records to officially verify the evidence.
