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Man Claims New World Record For Fasting
Man Claims New World Record For Fasting
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posted on Tuesday, October 17, 2006
MAN CLAIMS NEW WORLD RECORD FOR FASTING
Associated Press
October 16, 2006
Original Link
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - A Russian man on Monday claimed to have set a new world record -- for fasting. A bearded and hollow-cheeked Agasi Vartanyan finished what he said was his 50th day without food, climbing out of plastic cube on the banks of the Neva River outside of St. Petersburg -- and promptly berating reporters.
"I feel offended because my efforts did not attract much attention," the 46-year-old said. "Only local media wrote about it."
He then hopped into a waiting car and drove away by himself.
Doctors who examined Vartanyan said he lost 51 pounds during the ordeal, dropping to 158 pounds.
A spokeswoman, Lybov Kobzar, told reporters that Vartanyan drank about 0.8 gallons of water a day. To pass the time, he watched TV, listened to the radio, and talked on his cell phone. As the weather in the northern Russian city turned colder, he got an electric heater.
Beginning his attempt on Aug. 27, Vartanyan said he was inspired by a similar effort by stuntman and illusionist David Blaine, who fasted for 44 days in 2003 while suspended acrylic box over the Thames River in London.
Vartanyan said he planned on submitting documentation of his efforts to the Guinness Book of World Records.
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