Chinese herder breaks world record in topping sand peak
(English.news.cn)
Updated: 2014-12-11
HOHHOT, North China, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- A herder had broken a Guinness World Record by summiting Mount Bilutu, the highest sand peak around the globe, with fastest speed using a pickup truck in Alashan Right Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, local government officials said on Dec 10.
The herder Tao Yongming drove a Chinese-made pickup truck and succeeded in climbing Mount Bilutu, the highest of its kind possessing a relative height of nearly 500 meters and an altitude of 1,609 meters, within six minutes, 33 seconds in his second try on Sunday.
Tao's success created a new Guinness World Record for fastest summiting the highest sand peak with a pickup truck, announced Wu Xiaohong, a notary of Guinness World Records.
Tao, in his early 30's, had reached the top of Mount Bilutu with a motorcycle in 2009.
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