Two men have broken a pub walk World Record by visiting 99 Sydney pubs in 24 hours!
Harry Kooros and Jake Loiterton, both 26 years old, smashed the previous record set last year by Heinrich de Villiers (South Africa), who visited 78 pubs.
Harry and Jake attempted this record for two reasons: to raise money for MS Australia, a non-profit organization dedicated to multiple-sclerosis research; and to revitalize Sydney’s nightlife, which they say has been “decimated” over the past decade by legislation changes and the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We wanted to try to reignite the spark in a declining piece of what makes Sydney so great,” Harry explained.
The pair began their record attempt at midnight to work around the opening and closing times of the city’s bars. As soon as the clock hit 12, they went “full speed ahead” to get into as many places as possible before they all shut.
It didn’t take long for Harry to feel the effects of consuming so much liquid in such a short time span, as he vomited just two hours into the record attempt.
“Luckily, after reassessing our game plan, I managed to pull it together and continue,” he recalls.
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