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Re:Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean by soperj on Thursday January 25, 2018 @03:08AM (#16229504)
Al Howie ran across Canada(7295.5 km) in 72 days, 10 hours and 23 minutes. Which is about 2/3 of Courtney's speed but for 72 days straight.
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Re:Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean by wellboy on Thursday January 25, 2018 @06:02AM (#16230096)
72 days straight means without sleep?
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Re:Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean by jlgaddis on Thursday January 25, 2018 @09:28AM (#16230928)
According to Wikipedia [0]:

> ... the holder of the scientifically documented record for the longest a human has intentionally gone without sleep ... stayed awake for 264.4 hours (11 days 25 minutes).

So I'm gonna guess "no", it doesn't mean "without sleep".

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_(record_holder)

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Re:Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean by jandrese on Thursday January 25, 2018 @11:35AM (#16232077)
That sounds insanely dangerous. People often get brain damage from staying awake that long.
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