Kilts-On-Skis
We aim to beat the Guinness Book world record in skiing downhill in kilts this coming winter at Wisp Ski Resort in Western Maryland, the ”we” being the Deep Creek Lake Lions Club. We need your help. It’s for a great cause, helping people with limited or no vision.
On Saturday 11 March, 2010, 235 skiers set a new world record at CairnGorm Mountain ski resort in Scotland by skiing or snowboarding down the mountain in single file in kilts. Proceeds of the event went to charities. They were hoping for 600, but 262 signed up and 235 made it officially from start to finish.
Sign up here to get updates on progress of the organization of this event.
It will most likely be held some time in February of 2011. Everyone is welcome, young and old, male and female, skiers and snowboarders.
NOTE: This website is a work in progress....
June 17 2010 UPDATE: We have been assigned MEMBERSHIP ID: 274566 and CLAIM ID: 311958 by Guinness World Records. They are reviewing our application. Here is what they emailed to us:
“We will process your claim and give you an answer in 4 weeks. At Guinness World Records, we take great care to evaluate every claim we receive. Before we accept or reject a new record proposal, we always carry out claim-specific research, which may require the expertise of external consultants.”
“In the attached document, called General Information on Record Breaking, you will find an overview of the record breaking process.”
“Once we have considered your record suggestion, we will contact you with our decision. In case of success, we will send to you the current world record, the guidelines you must follow and details of the evidence you must compile.”