World Record for "Hottest Firewalk" set in Washington
On Saturday, October 18, 1997, near Redmond
Washington, a group
of 23 people (one has requested that their name not be listed) walked a
3.5 meter long firebed, participating in setting a new world record for
the hottest fire intentionally walked on by a human being. The hottest
part of the fire, which was approximately 0.5 meters long, ranged in
temperature
from 1,602 deg F to 1,813 deg F. A leaf blower was used to attain these
temperatures, all ash was blown off a portion of the bed in doing so.
The
previous world record was set at 1,575 deg F on September 19, 1987.
Not all of the participants stepped on the hottest part of the bed,
and not everyone placed both feet on the hottest part. It remains true
that only Michael "walked" when it was at its very hottest.
Michael
McDermott placed both feet in the middle of the hottest part when the
interior
of that portion was at 1,813 deg F, as measured by a Fluke Model 51,
k-type
thermocouple. The average surface temperature of the part that he
placed
both feet on was above 1,750 deg F, as measured by a hand held Omega
infrared
thermometer. McDermott's feet after the walk had some red patches and a
dime sized blister on one instep, but there was no apparent evidence of
more serious damage.
The temperature listed is the highest temperature at which the
person
listed walked. Most people walked more than once.
- Rich Andrews (1,641 deg F)
- Jill Bradwell (1,746 deg F)
- Ron Cleghorn (1,742 deg F)
- Kenny Felder (1,709 deg F)
- Jim Francis (1,729 deg F)
- Jay Gasaway (1,685 deg F)
- Deberah Groel (1,739 deg F)
- Brett Hackett (1,729 deg F)
- John Hilscher (1,628 deg F)
- Jim Jarvis (1,709 deg F)
- Michael McDermott (1,813 deg F)
- Brian Mosset (1,641 deg F)
- Victoria Musenga (1,665 deg F)
- Ron Petersen (1,744 deg F)
- Jennifer Priest (1,755 deg F)
- Kent Reichersamer (1,742 deg F)
- Ilmar Saar (1,675 deg F)
- Mary Sak (1,602 deg F)
- Geoff Saunders (1,631 deg F)
- Naveena Shine (1,751 deg F)
- Beverly Sipe (1,641 deg F)
- David Stafford (1,712 deg F)
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