23rd January 2011

Congratulations to Haidar Talib

I have just read on the GWR site that Haidar Talib has just set a GWR buy driving his power chair 88.05 miles in 24 hrs see below.

The current record for "Greatest distance covered in 24 hours by motorized wheelchair " is:
The greatest distance covered in 24 hours by a motorized wheelchair is 141.70 km (88.05 miles) in 14 hours 28 seconds and was achieved by Haidar Talib, from Masdar City to Sharjah Al Thiqa Club for Handicapped, UAE, on 11 November 2010.

http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_The-greatest-distance-covered-in-24-hours-by-motorised-wheelchair/blog/3023522/7691.html