It’s amazing how people are keen to help when you try to do something a little crazy.  During my first 12/24hr record attempt in November, I had friends from school whom I hadn’t seen in years, others who travelled from far away; people who know me as well as those who don’t, all pitching in.

One of those is Greg, an old school buddy (actually I was in his sister’s class at Newlands Intermediate), who turned up and supported me through the night.  

Anyway, the point of this is that Greg is a manager at Hirepool, one of those awesome businesses that support local events. They were a major sponsor of Unicon 15, the unicycle world championships, when we hosted it in Wellington 15yrs ago.

In November, it was incredibly difficult to mount and ride in the wind, particularly after dark.  Even with a 1400 Lumen light, it was not the ideal riding situation.

For the upcoming attempt, Greg talked his company into lending out these awesome lightowers.  It will be like a stadium, with 9m high floodlights lighting up the track.

Behold!