Happy Guinness World Records Day 2017! November 17th is the special day and I have two exciting records to celebrate. This week I reclaim the record for most consecutive axe juggling catches and next week I break a record no one has ever been able to break before and is quite possibly the hardest record I have ever broken. Be sure to check back next Sunday!
Last time I broke this record I got 839 consecutive catches at the X-games in Boise over 3 years ago. The record stood at 937 catches but this time but I didn’t just want to break it this time, I wanted to crush it.
After months of practice, including going on joggling runs with tennis balls filled with pennies, juggling bowling balls, and lots of curls with dumbbells, I was finally ready to take back the record. It took several official attempts over several days because once I dropped an axe after a long run, I was pretty much done for the day since it took so much out of me.
I juggled for 21 minutes 11 seconds and achieved 2,919 consecutive catches before I finally dropped an axe. I had several nicks on my hands that were bleeding by the end since I was juggling without much margin for error to conserve strength, but the most painful part of this attempt was hitting my knee caps with the axes. I chose to wear pants so fortunately, they didn’t cut me but the bruises hurt. I was pretty thrilled to be able to keep nearly 10 pounds in the air for over 21 minutes since these axes are almost 3 times the weight of the typical hatchet but just over the Guinness World Records minimum weight.
