The challenge is deceptively simple: Literally just bear hug a 200-pound sandbag for as long as possible. (Hey, we said it was simple , not easy .) The athlete with the longest freestanding ...

Chattanooga resident attempts world's longest tree hug. September 13, 2020 at 3:35 p.m. | Updated September 15, 2020 at 11:25 p.m.

Two students from Salford University have broken the world record for the longest hug to raise money for a local hospital. Faisal Mohyud-Din and Mohammed Azeem embraced for 24 hours and 17 minutes ...

To celebrate Valentine's Day, thirty-one couples in Thailand took part in a hugging marathon in the hope of breaking the Guinness world record.

A pair of embracing students from Greater Manchester have broken the world record for the longest hug. Faisal Mohyud-Din and Mohammed Azeem managed to remain clasped together for 24 hours and 17 ...

23-year-old Ghanaian journalist Abdul Hakim Awal has set a Guinness World Record for the longest hug of a tree, holding the embrace for 24 hours and 21 minutes. According to a Guinness World ...

A 23-year-old journalist from Kumasi, Ghana, has broken the world record for the longest time to hug a tree. Abdul Hakim Awal’s “tree-hug-a-thon”, which took place outside Kumasi Cultural ...