Now here is a guy you want buying the next round. Today in ‘world records broken that you didn’t know existed’ news, a German man with the best name ever, Oliver Strümpfel, has defeated himself, to break his own world record, that he set, in carrying shitloads of beer a short distance. This is important.
Breaking the record at the Gillamoos Fair in Bavaria, he managed to carry a bonkers 29 steins filled with beer over 40 metres, with the steins weighing in at almost 70kg.
To break the record Strümpfel had to pick up all the steins from a table, carry them the complete distance and place them down onto a bench, all without spilling more than 10 percent of the delicious beverage inside. I can’t even do that with one schooner.
Check out his excellent effort:
CAN YOU BEER-LIEVE IT? German man sets new world record we didn’t know existed, carrying 29 beer jugs for 40 metres. Cheers to that #TenNews pic.twitter.com/0wFakFurSN
— 10 News First (@10NewsFirst) September 4, 2017
Attempting to smash his old record of 25 beers, Strümpfel first attempted to add more to his pile, but two were sadly dropped along the way. This also happens when I attempt to carry three beers at once.
I first did 27, because I wanted to be sure and then at the end I said, ‘Let’s add another one and get over 30’. Unfortunately it didn’t quite work, but having managed to put 29 down … I think it’s amazing.
Training for the record was serious business, with the Beer Man hitting the gym three or four times a week for months, and saying: “When I think about it, it’s 200 hours for about 40 seconds of walking.”
Strümpfel is determined to return next year and beat his own record, yet again.
Cheers to that.