Rockall is a remote granite rock
painted white by seabirds, the only inhabitants of the
rock located 286 miles west of Scotland in the Atlantic Ocean. But last
week Nick Hancock set the world record of
longest stay on Rockall by spending 43 days on the tiny rock. He ate
army rations, read books, and talked to seabirds to his pass time. The rock has
been described as “…desolate, despairing, and awful.”
Nick lived in a yellow RockPod as
his shelter on the outcropping measuring 60 feet tall and 82 feet at its widest
point. His initial plan was to stay on the rock for 60 days but that was not
possible after a storm at the beginning of July caused four of his supply
barrels to fall off.
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During his stay on the rock he was
able to raise $17,000 for the Help the Heroes charity. And when he surpassed the
current world records (40 days for a solo stay and 42 days for a group) the Scotsman
broke out a tiny bottle of champagne and celebrated alone.
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