What does continuous rollercoaster riding do to the body?
A man is on his 13th day riding a rollercoaster. What physical effect might this have? Nine days, or 221 hours, may sound like a long time to spend strapped in a seat experiencing breakneck speeds. But Richard Rodriguez has hardly got going. On Monday the American broke the world record of nine days and 12 hours for the longest rollercoaster marathon – subject to verification – but intends to stay riding at Blackpool’s Pleasure Beach until Monday. He knows he can do it, having spent three months on Blackpool’s Big Dipper in 2000, before Guinness Book of Records changed the rules governing rollercoaster rides. So what does continuous dipping and loop-the-looping do to the body? THE ANSWER May cause sleep deprivation, neck injuries, permanent disorientation and weaken immune system But Rodriguez spent three months on a rollercoaster in 2000 with no apparent ill-effects “Being on a rollercoaster this long could cause sleep deprivation, which in turn would lead to tiredness and lethargy, a
