{"id":551,"date":"2009-11-04T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T00:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/withinrch.wordpress.com\/?p=551"},"modified":"2009-11-04T00:01:57","modified_gmt":"2009-11-04T00:01:57","slug":"awr-helps-break-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2009\/11\/04\/awr-helps-break-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"AWR Helps Break World Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventureswithinreach.com\/ugandarwanda\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Denver Gorilla Run 2009\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.adventureswithinreach.com\/images\/newsletters\/newsletter1109\/gorillarun2009_2.jpg?resize=240%2C240\" alt=\"Denver Goirlla Run 2009\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denver Gorilla Run 2009<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Adventures Within Reach is excited to announce that we helped break the Guinness Book of World&#8217;s Record for &#8220;most people dressed up in gorilla suits&#8221;!\u00a0 Our staff were part of the 1061 record-breaking &#8220;gorillas&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It was a balmy day for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denvergorillarun.com\/\">Denver Gorilla Run<\/a> on October 31, 2009 and quite hot inside the gorilla suits.\u00a0 The AWR staff were dressed as &#8220;safari&#8221; gorillas.\u00a0 In the end, few of us ran in heat &#8212; most walked or rode bicycles.\u00a0 It was a beautiful course through downtown Denver and along the river.<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c8OhaB68llM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>The sad part of the story is that there are only 740 gorillas left in the world. It was a harsh reality when standing altogether and realizing that there were fewer mountain gorillas than people ready to race.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventureswithinreach.com\/ugandarwanda\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Adventures Within Reach Breaks World Record\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.adventureswithinreach.com\/images\/newsletters\/newsletter1109\/gorillarun2009_1.jpg?resize=271%2C271\" alt=\"Adventures Within Reach Breaks World Record\" width=\"271\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">AWR Breaks World Record<\/p><\/div>\n<p>AWR is proud to support the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saveagorilla.org\/\">Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund<\/a>. This great program has been dedicated to the preservation of the Mountain Gorilla ever since Dian Fossey asked for help back in 1985. AWR supports their efforts to keep the highly endangered Mountain Gorilla alive in the jungles of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/p>\n<p>You can still donate to this great cause:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.active.com\/donate\/Gorillarun\">http:\/\/www.active.com\/donate\/Gorillarun<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Adventures Within Reach offers gorilla treks in Uganda and Rwanda.\u00a0 We recommend a minimum of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventureswithinreach.com\/ugandarwanda\/tours\/uganda_11day.html\">11 days in Uganda<\/a>, which also includes 2 days with chimpanzees.\u00a0 You can visit the gorillas in as few as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventureswithinreach.com\/ugandarwanda\/tours\/rwanda_9day.html\">3 days in Rwanda<\/a>, but a longer is better to really enjoy the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventureswithinreach.com\/ugandarwanda\/\">Learn more about gorilla trekking in Uganda\/Rwanda &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adventures Within Reach is excited to announce that we helped break the Guinness Book of World&#8217;s Record for &#8220;most people dressed up in gorilla suits&#8221;!\u00a0 Our staff were part of the 1061 record-breaking &#8220;gorillas&#8221;. 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