A 23-year-old journalist from Kumasi, Ghana, has broken the world record for the longest time to hug a tree.
来自加纳库马西的一名23岁记者打破了拥抱一棵树的时间最长的世界纪录。
Abdul Hakim Awal’s “tree-hug-a-thon”, which took place outside Kumasi Cultural Centre, lasted 24 hours 21 minutes. The previous record of 16 hours was set by Ugandan environmental activist Faith Patricia Ariokot earlier this year. Abdul took on this challenge to highlight the importance of nature conservation in Ghana. He made a promise to plant a new tree for every minute his record attempt lasted.
阿卜杜勒·哈基姆·阿瓦尔在库马西文化中心外举行的“拥抱树木马拉松”持续了24小时21分钟。此前的16小时记录是由乌干达环保活动家费丝·帕特里夏·阿瑞奥科特在今年早些时候创造的。阿卜杜勒接受了这一挑战，强调了加纳自然保护的重要性。他承诺，在他创纪录的每一分钟都要种一棵新树。
Abdul was not permitted any breaks during his record attempt — he had to remain standing and keep his arms wrapped around the tree throughout the entire duration. Now that the record stands at 24 hours — the point at which record attempts are considered ‘marathons’ — the title has been modified (调整) to longest marathon hugging a tree. This means that future challengers will be permitted breaks (a total of two hours per day) in order to combat the harmful effects of the lack of sleep.
在创纪录的尝试中，阿卜杜勒不允许有任何休息——他必须在整个过程中保持站立，并用双臂搂住树。现在，这项纪录保持在24小时——创纪录的尝试被认为是“马拉松”——这个头衔已经被修改为最长的抱树马拉松。这意味着未来的挑战者将被允许休息（每天总共两个小时），以对抗睡眠不足的有害影响。
Abdul, who has witnessed the consequences of desertification (荒漠化) on his family’s hometown of Garu, now hopes to establish a nationwide tree-planting initiative. He said: “We know how trees, an essential resource which the entire human race depends on, are becoming scarce in Ghana. Though we have been taught about preservation of trees since the early years of our lives, the contribution from everyone is not as significant as it should be. This attempt for the longest time to hug a tree, to me, spells out an important task to preserve human life by preserving trees.”
阿卜杜勒目睹了荒漠化对其家乡加鲁的影响，现在他希望建立一项全国性的植树计划。他说：“我们知道，作为全人类赖以生存的重要资源，树木在加纳正变得越来越稀缺。尽管我们从小就被教导要保护树木，但每个人的贡献并没有达到应有的程度。对我来说，这种长时间抱着一棵树的尝试，说明了通过保护树木来保护人类生命的重要任务。”
Abdul is not the first Ghanaian to set a tree-hugging world record this year. He follows in the footsteps of forestry student Abubakar Tahiru, who set a record for the most trees hugged in one hour with a total of 1,123. An individual tree, located in France, also earned a Guinness World Records title this year — standing at a height of 21 metres, it is the world’s tallest cork oak tree.
阿卜杜勒并不是今年第一个创造拥抱树木世界纪录的加纳人。他追随林业学生阿布巴卡尔·塔西鲁的脚步，后者创造了一小时内拥抱树木最多的记录，共1123棵。位于法国的一棵树今年也获得了吉尼斯世界纪录的称号，它高21米，是世界上最高的软木橡树。
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