Record-Breaking Fingernails Broken!

February 13, 2009

Article from JT Racine: Woman’s record-length fingernails broken in crash

Now this is something to shoot for. She was growing these puppies since 1979? Those or Generation X fingernails for crying out loud.

“SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah woman listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for her long fingernails has lost them in a car crash. Lee Redmond of Salt Lake City sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the accident Tuesday.

Record-setting fingernails

Redmond’s nails, which hadn’t been cut since 1979, were broken in the crash. According to the Guinness Web site, her nails measured a total of more than 28 feet long in 2008, with the longest nail on her right thumb at 2 feet, 11 inches.

Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Lt. Don Hutson says Redmond was ejected from an SUV in the crash and taken to the hospital in serious condition.

Redmond has been featured on TV in episodes of “Guinness Book of World Records” and “Ripley’s Believe It or Not.”"

In any case you hate to see anyone get hurt in a major car accident. Let’s hope she recovers and has another 30 years in her to set another fingernail-length record.

And from WikiPedia: “She currently resides in Salt Lake City, where she enjoys riding bikes with her younger sister Sierra (who has nails of normal length). She states that while certain activities such as putting on a heavy coat can be troublesome, she manages her daily life without much difficulty. On the Guinness TV feature, she has been shown driving a car, vacuuming, doing dishes, and giving haircuts to her grandchildren. She adds that her long nails don’t even interfere with her care of her husband who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.” Incredible.