Guinness World Record

In June my leadership class and I attempted to beat a Guinness World Record. It was something we planned as an end of the year event and we spent a lot of time researching the best record to try and beat. We ended up choosing the "world's largest game of hide and seek". The record had previously been set in Japan, with 189 players.

On the big day we set up at the local Pioneer Village and started out with over 270 players. Due to a sudden downpour and bad weather we had a few people leave, but finished at the end of one hour with 253 players.

It was a lot of work to plan out and even more work collecting all of the evidence. I had local news reporters write articles and take photos, which I then sent in to Guinness, along with letters written by independent witnesses. Then I waited several months to hear back from them.

A few days ago, they wrote back! I received an email congratulating me on achieving the record for the World's Largest Game of Hide and Seek. I have to say, it's kind of a cool feeling being able to say that you are a Guinness World Record Holder. But I couldn't have done it without the 252 players who joined me in the pouring rain on June 17th. Nor could I have accomplished it without all the people who volunteered to be witnesses and to help out with the event. We also were able to make a donation to the Salvation Army food bank as we charged 1$ for each person who came to play. I hope that we might be able to make it a leadership class tradition and perhaps try to beat our own record again next year!