A couple of American adventurers didnât quite meet their goal of visiting all seven continents in three days, but they did smash the old by reaching all seven in less than four days -- 92 hours, four minutes and 19 seconds to be exact. The previous record was 120 hours.
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and didnât just run through airports, either. They took a helicopter ride over the Sydney Opera House, posed for photos in front of the worldâs tallest building in Dubai, and found time to skate on the ice rink outside Torontoâs city hall.
And the two barely knew each other before heading out on their adventure in December.
Stewart and Berry met briefly last year in New Zealand and kept in touch on social media, because they had so much in common. Both were former reality TV show participants -- Berry on âSurvivorâ and Stewart on âThe Bachelorette.â Both had taken a year off to travel.
The trip was Stewartâs idea. After he had finished visiting all seven continents for the first time, he began thinking about how quickly he could do it again. He started to map out flights, and contacted Berry.
Stewart tells Âéśš´ŤĂ˝ Channel that it was all about âthe lure of doing something that nobody has ever done before.â
Berry says she jumped at the chance. âAdventure, travel, Guinness Book of World Records--why not?â she says.
The two managed to wrangle a sponsor for the priciest part of the trip -- flying to Antarctica -- but financed most it themselves.
They started in Sydney (Australia) and then flew to Dubai (Asia), Cairo (Africa), Frankfurt (Europe), Toronto (North America) and Santiago (South America) before finishing in Antarctica.
They didnât miss any flights, but were delayed 20 hours by a snowstorm on the final leg from Chile to Antarctica.
There was plenty of jet leg too.
âYouâre moving so fast, you donât even know what times on your end,â Stewart says. âMost definitely we had some really weird conversations ... you get a little loopy.â
Berry says she had no idea how sheâd get along with her travel companion but, in the end, they âgot along great.â
For Berry, the trip was a way to inspire people. âIf youâre inspired, youâre surely going to inspire other people,â she says.
Stewart said heâs inspired by people who pursue things that are ânot going to be wildly popular or accepted by most people, but (that) they know in their heart itâs what theyâre supposed to do.â