Based out of Brantford, Doug has been a long-time reader of the blog. I first met Doug at one of the first CAM conventions. You may know him as the holder of multiple Guinness World Records!
2002-09-14 - Doug took 29 independent steps on stilts made of carbon fibre, measuring 50 feet 9 inches in length and weighing a combined 137 pounds. [Records for heaviest stilts mastered and for tallest stilts mastered.] This record setting event raised over $75,000 for Participation House.
2008-05-15 - Doug Hunt set his 3rd Guinness World Record: He led 625 people (mostly students from North Park Collegiate High School in Brantford, ON) all on stilts simultaneously 100m. [Record for most people simultaneously walking on stilts. (This was recognized by "Ripley's Believe It or Not" with a cartoon of Doug! It is also listed in the "Book of Alternative Records."]
Doug received the 2002 Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal and the 2012 Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, the 2014 Brantford Kiwanis Walter Zeller Fellowship Award, the 2017 Canada & Ontario 150 coin, and the 2018 Brant Community Foundation Kindness Award!
Visit Doug's websites at DougTheGreat.com and DougHuntSpeaker.com.
Thank you Doug, for befriending Canada's Magic!
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