Epic Journeys WORLD RECORD


First Trek To The South Pole


Longest Continuous Bowling On A Bowling Lane


In conjunction with the 40th Singapore International Open, the Singapore Bowling Federation organised a 40-hr bowling marathon from 24-25 Sep 2007. Members of the public were invited to bowl for free at the specially set-up lanes at Velocity@ Novena Square.


Longest Nightly Performance Of Chinese Opera


Lorong Koo Chye Sheng Hong Temple Association had a nightly performance of Chinese opera for 131 days from 10 Apr to 18 Aug 2009 to celebrate the birthday of Qing Xi Xian You Bo Zhu (City God). The performance, at the temple premises, was put up by Opera Troupes from China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore.


Fastest Trek To The South Pole


On 27 Dec 2005, Roland Krueger and his


team of fi ve international


explorers walked to the South Pole, a total distance of almost 900 km in only 33 days. Pulling all equipment and supplies on sleds across the Antarctic to the South Pole, the team pioneered an unexplored route. Krueger was the MD of BMW Asia in Singapore.


First Woman To Trek To The South Pole


After 38 days and trekking 900 km, Sophia Pang, a mother of three, reached the South Pole on 29 Dec 2009. She completed the gruelling journey with six other par- ticipants from Commonwealth countries - Cyprus, Ghana, India, Brunei, New Zealand, and UK. The expedition marks the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth.


First Unsupported Salt Desert Crossing


David Lim and Dr Shani Tan crossed the world’s largest salt desert, the Salar de Uyuni in south-western Bolivia, from 5-10 Aug 2007. Their journey began on the desert’s western edge near the village of Llica, and traversed more than 150 km to end at the desert’s edge by the village of Colchani some fi ve and a half days later. They became the fourth party ever to make this crossing, the fi rst from South-East Asia.


First To Travel Round The World 12 Times


From 1960 to 1972, Jimmy Lye made 12 round-the-world trips as a commercial air traveller. The trips were almost on an


annual basis and each trip averaged about 35 days. He consistently travelled by Qantas Airways.


Khoo Swee Chiow, Robert Goh Ee Kiat, David Lim and Ang Yau Choon started their journey at Patriot Hill, Antartica on 4 Nov 1999. They completed their 1,125-km trek and reached the South Pole a day before the new millennium.


First To Reach Both North Pole And South Pole


Khoo Swee Chiow became the fi rst Singaporean to walk to the geographic South Pole on 31 Dec 1999 after a journey of 57 days and 1,125 km. He reached the North Pole on 5 May 2002, after trekking 771 km in 45 days.


Most


Countries Travelled By A Single Person


Tan Wee Cheng has travelled to 300 countries, territories and autonomous regions in the last 18 years. He is ranked 195th world- wide and top Singaporean on mosttraveledpeople.com.


He has written Hotspots and Dodgy Places to record his adventures.


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