Missouri Man Sets New Record for 38-Mile River Journey in 1,208-Lb. Pumpkin Boat

Steve Kueny has broken a Guinness World Record after traveling for 11 hours along the Missouri River in his pumpkin vessel

On Monday, autumn adventurer Steve Kueny of Lebanon, Missouri, potentially set a new Guinness World Record after an 11-hour, 38-mile journey on the Missouri River while manning a 1,208-lb. pumpkin boat.

According to USA Today, Kueny traveled from Kansas City, starting at 7:30 a.m., before wrapping up at 6:18 p.m. in Napoleon.

“It takes a lot of planning and also a lot of flying by the seat of your pants,” Kueny told local network KCTV. “I’m just a guy with a pumpkin and a whimsical sense of adventure out to have fun.”

And if the numbers pan out, the traveler would become the new record holder for longest journey by pumpkin boat, which was previously set by Duane Hansen after paddling over 37 miles in 2022, the Guinness World Records show.

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As USA Today noted, Kueny was joined by numerous Paddle KC Padding Club boats to make sure "we’re doing something very silly very safely" and to help him keep track of his pace along the river.

In footage shared by KRCG, Kueny can be seen sitting inside the center of the pumpkin — named Huckle Berry — with a paddle in hand, as he wore an American flag vest and a camouflage bucket hat and kept pushing forward before giving cameras a thumbs up.

Planning for the pumpkin paddling began in February. Now, Kueny must submit all his evidence — from witnesses to GPS tracking to time stamps — to Guinness World Records for verification.

According to the organization's website, Guinness has a Records Management Team which confirms if an attempt was a success or not. The verification process determines if evidence "is sufficient enough to demonstrate that you have achieved the record title in question."

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A spokesperson for Guinness World Records confirmed to PEOPLE on Friday that it received an application for the recent "longest journey by pumpkin boat (paddling)" attempt, and that it is awaiting evidence to review. The review process could take up to 12-15 weeks of submission, the organization said.

If Kueny gets all his paperwork in, Guinness will then be tasked in determining if he beat out Hansen's current record, which is a 37.5-mile paddle on the Missouri River in a 846-pound pumpkin.

"After meeting a previous record holder at a giant pumpkin seminar I decided that I wanted to try to break the record," Hansen told Guinness at the time. Before Hansen, Rick Swenson held the record for his 2018 journey of 25.5 miles.

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