Long time awake

Whos with me...

[Mike12345]

Ok, i cant sleep well. Which is not good, so i was just reading up on it when i discovered that the world record for the longest time awake is held by a guy called "Randy Gardner", sounds like a joke i know, buts i assure you its not. He was awake for 11 days. His record hasnt been beaten since 1963. Can anyone verify that as fact?

And has anyone reported beating that record but kinda unofficially? I think you need witneses to make it official dont you?

Im sure people have done it under the influence! but that doesnt count. Has anyone here got any more interesting info in this subject?

Has anyone stayed awake for longer than 11 days?

So.... Whos up for an "Awakathon"? :)

Any one got any info on this cos i find it kinda of interesting. :) Or does any share this interest?

[digitalghost]

I've been awake for 4 days straight on more than one occasion. In the service part my training required being awake for 72 straight hours.

Odd things begin to happen under sleep deprivation. I saw a guy trying to put quarters in a tree to buy soda, or at least I thought I did :). Some of the tests we were given required writing answers to questions and after some sleep we had some pretty good laughs over the nonsensical answers. After three days remembering your SS number can be difficult.

I function well on 4 hours a day. If I get 8 hours I feel sluggish.

I don't even want to try eleven days straight with no sleep.

[Mike12345]

I used to work nights in a supermarket, i saw, well i though i saw some pretty amusing things then. But most of them were probably in my head. The longest time iv been awake is about three to three and a half days. But longer if you count little naps, i once had about 3 hours sleep over about five days. But its sketchy in my memory. :)

The strangest things do happen when we are deprived of sleep, you hear some pretty extreme cases of people who suffer from insomnia doing some crazy things.

Any stories on that one anyone? :)

[lawman]

Being an old geezer, I look forward to an afternoon nap. However, if I were to bet on which of this board's old geezers could do with the least amount of sleep, my money would be on Ironman rcjordan.

lawman

[Mike12345]

Lawman,

As a man of the Law, hence the name, have you heard of any incedences where say a person has got away with murder due to lack of sleep, and not being of sound mind and all that. You hear of such stories on TV and been a brit i would expect, rather narrow mindedly, so please forgive me, that it could happen in America. :) No offence intended.

[lawman]

None springs to mind. However, I expect some state legislature to make "Driving Under The Influence Of Sleep Deprivation" a specific crime. However, absent a confession or serious detective work, proving it would be a problem.

lawman