World's Fastest
Human Conveyor Belt
On
March 3, 2005, Eisenhower Junior High School set a new world record: The
World's Fastest Human Conveyor Belt
To establish the record for the World's
Fastest Human Conveyor Belt, one hundred students transferred a mattress
weighing 11.4 pounds a distance of nearly 180 feet in exactly two minutes
and one second! The rules for this record stated that "During this
record attempt, one hundred people must pass a weighted object (at least
four feet long and weighing over ten pounds) along a human conveyor belt
as fast as possible. This weighted object must be passed by people laying
flat on the ground who transfer the object as quickly as possible by rolling
their bodies in the same direction while avoiding the use of their hands,
arms, feet and legs. (Heads and chins can be used to guide the object
or keep it on course.) If the object falls off on the ground the attempt
fails." Eisenhower's new record for the World's Fastest Human Conveyor
Belt was official accepted by The
Book of Alternative Records in Leipzig, Germany, on March 24,
2005.
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