Redneck Gold Medalist
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 3:27 pm
Nebraska man paddles 38 miles in hollowed out
pumpkin he grew himself, setting world record
![Image](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2022-08/220829-duane-hansen-pumpkin-1x1-ac-1007p-76633d.jpg)
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/neb ... 19559.html
Duane Hansen of Syracuse, Nebraska, set sail in his 846-pound pumpkin – which he named
"Berta" – at around 7.30 a.m. from Bellevue on Saturday, according to a Facebook post from
the city.
He completed his journey 11 hours later, at 6:30 p.m. in Nebraska City.
"I went 38 miles down the river without standing up in that pumpkin and my knees still hurt,"
Hansen said in a video posted by Reuters.
"If somebody breaks this record, I will bow down to them because they are tough," he said.
pumpkin he grew himself, setting world record
![Image](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2022-08/220829-duane-hansen-pumpkin-1x1-ac-1007p-76633d.jpg)
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/neb ... 19559.html
Duane Hansen of Syracuse, Nebraska, set sail in his 846-pound pumpkin – which he named
"Berta" – at around 7.30 a.m. from Bellevue on Saturday, according to a Facebook post from
the city.
He completed his journey 11 hours later, at 6:30 p.m. in Nebraska City.
"I went 38 miles down the river without standing up in that pumpkin and my knees still hurt,"
Hansen said in a video posted by Reuters.
"If somebody breaks this record, I will bow down to them because they are tough," he said.