Tembu Ebere, a Nigerian, has admitted that while attempting to cry nonstop for seven days to break a Guinness World Records record, he partially lost his vision.
A chef named Hilda Baci officially broke the record for the longest cooking marathon (individual) in May with a time of 93 hours and 11 minutes, sparking a national obsession with endurance sports.
Ebere, who revealed his health problems to the BBC, claimed that he made himself cry for seven days in order to get the record, but somewhere along the road, he briefly lost his vision.
Ebere, who has been trying to cry nonstop for seven days, claimed that during his attempts, he suffered from migraines, puffy eyes, a swollen face, and lost some vision for 45 minutes.
He told BBC, “I had to re-strategise and reduce my wailing,” adding that he was determined to cry for one week as he planned despite the difficulties he encountered.
Guinness World Records has seen a surge in record-breaking attempts from Nigeria in recent months after Baci’s cooking marathon which attracted public attention.
Unable to contain the crazed surge, Guinness World Records recently warned saying, “Please enough of the record-a-thons,” after someone reportedly broached the idea of not one, but two separate attempts – an “idea-a-thon” and a “puff-puff-a-thon”.
