Update: The Louisa County teens have unofficially broken the Guinness World Record for the longest session of bouncing in a bounce castle. Results still have to be verified by the Guinness World Record.
Original Story: A group of Louisa County teens are jumping for a world record. The group is attempting to break the world record for the longest session of bouncing in a bounce castle.
"I think it would be pretty cool to see my name in a world record book," says Genna Knutson.
"I was like that sounds like a really cool idea and something fun to do," adds Christine Milder.
The group is made up of students from Wapello High School, Columbus Junction High School and L&M High School. They started bouncing their 27-hour journey on Thursday morning.
"It's fun, but it gets kind of boring after a while," says Milder, "You're in there by yourself and your session is 20-minutes long."
Guinness World Records requires that one person always has to be bouncing in the castle. The group is saving energy by bouncing one at time.
"It's hot and tiring, but you just have to keep telling yourself to go," says Jessica Breon.
What makes the attempt more meaningful for the group is the bounce castle was produced in Louisa County. A family owned business in Wapello makes bounce houses for places all over the world.
"It seems like we were meant to do this since we produced the bounce house, "says Milder, "We're breaking the world record and we were just meant to do it."
Breaking a world record means hours of bouncing and a lot of down time.
"The rest of the time I've been spending in the trailer, in the air conditioning," adds Knutson.
"It's pretty fun, it's pretty cool to have your name on something for your community," says Brandon Bieri.
After the team bounces 27-hours, the results have to be verified by Guinness World Records. The current world record is 26-hours, it is held by a group in Ohio.
