Environmentalist smashes world record by hugging 1,123 trees in one hour

It was an unbe-leaf-able feat.

An biology activistic took his arboreal emotion to nan adjacent level erstwhile he hugged 1,123 trees successful conscionable 1 hour.

Abubakar Tahiru, 29, tore done nan Tuskegee National Forest successful Alabama to group nan Guinness World Record for astir trees hugged successful nan 60-minute timeframe, nan record-keeping statement announced Friday.

That intends nan Ghana autochthonal averaged 19 character hugs per minute.

“It’s important to maine to animate nan younker successful Ghana, particularly those from little privileged communities for illustration nan 1 I grew up in, showing them that it’s imaginable to emergence supra challenges and make a important impact,” Tahiru said.

The record attempt required that Tahiru — who is pursuing a master’s grade successful forestry astatine Auburn University — wrap some arms “around a character successful a adjacent embrace”

The arbor-lover could not hug nan aforesaid character much than once, aliases origin immoderate harm to nan saplings — otherwise, nan effort would look disqualification.

Tahiru, however, moved done nan nationalist wood pinch easiness by allowing astir 3 seconds per tree.

The accomplishment was made moreover much awesome erstwhile Tahiru revealed he was fasting for Ramadan and couldn’t devour immoderate h2o during nan tiring expedition.

“Not being capable to portion h2o passim nan effort posed a important challenge, particularly fixed nan beingness exertion required,” Abubakar said.

“However, this besides proved to beryllium adjuvant successful a way, arsenic location was nary request to region for h2o breaks, allowing maine to proceed nan effort uninterrupted from commencement to finish.”

The sacrifice yet proved good worthy it — Tahiru demolished nan erstwhile grounds of 700 trees hugged.

“Achieving this world grounds feels incredibly rewarding,” he said, adding that he group retired for nan grounds to raise consciousness of nan value connected nan environment.

“It’s a meaningful motion to item nan important domiciled of trees successful our ecosystem and nan urgency of biology conservation.”

For his adjacent adventure, Tahiru plans to deepen his engagement successful forestry by moving connected nan improvement of sustainable practices and by collaborating pinch biology organizations to beforehand sustainable projects.