ABC News Breakfast weather presenter Nate Byrne helps set a new Guinness World Record for the fastest 10km on a quadricycle, in an attempt to raise awareness for climate action.
A fortnight ago I had no idea I'd be ticking "Guinness World Record holder" off my bucket list.
We've all got those friends who plan fun and wild shenanigans. For me, that's Julian O'Shea – engineer, sustainability advocate and out-of-the-box adventurer with science at the heart of everything he does. Julian is no stranger to attempting, and achieving, Guinness World Records. He holds the record for the highest altitude skateboarding and he equalled the record for theIt's not all about gathering records, though - for Julian, it's an opportunity to advocate for some important things."Cities are busy, they're full, it's really important that we have clean air, and as we fight climate change, finding more sustainable ways to move around is really important.
In fact, a couple of days after Julian got in touch, Australian sailor Lisa Blair smashed the record for, in order to bring attention to climate change and climate action.
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