October 23, 2007 – Stay in Touch loves good causes and loves world records, but we are starting to suspect the planet may be approaching satiety on events that seek to combine the two. We have decided to bring the curtain down on such publicity seeking combos and have set a hypothetical date of November 16 as the limit.
Today’s cause/record combo is “The World’s Highest Concert”, staged in aid of “Cancer Awareness” (which, if you pardon a curmudgeonly reaction, seems somewhat redundant as causes go. We mean, is there anyone who is not aware of cancer?). It happened at the weekend 5650 metres above sea level on the slopes of Mount Everest, where the US-based Love Hope Strength Foundation placed six musicians: Mike Peters of the Alarm; Slim Jim Phantom of the Stray Cats; Cy Curnin and Jamie West of the Fixx; Glen Tilbrook of the Squeeze and a solo acoustic player called Nick Harper.
You’re familiar with all of them, of course, and you’re looking forward to seeing this record confirmed in next year’s Guinness World Records. And you’re now aware of cancer.
http://blogs.smh.com.au/sit/archives/2007/10/record_breakers_climb_every_mo.html
