{"id":105148,"date":"2019-11-14T12:09:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T10:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=105148"},"modified":"2019-11-15T08:38:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T06:38:36","slug":"vernon-battles-barrel-childrens-welfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/11\/14\/vernon-battles-barrel-childrens-welfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernon battles the barrel for children\u2019s welfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vernon Kruger is no stranger to Dullstroom, nor to the concept of nesting in a barrel in the sky. In fact, Vernon currently holds the Guinness World Record for having lived in a 500 litre barrel for 67 days and 14 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>He set this world record in 1997, in front of the Dullstroom Inn at the age of 29.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105151\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/barrel1-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/barrel1-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/barrel1-LL-ZN-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, on Guinness World Record Day, Vernon will try to break his own record, 22 years later, but not because he lost his sanity.<\/p>\n<p>Vernon Kruger has a burning passion for children and his whole life has been a mission to help them.<\/p>\n<p>So all of the funding he makes from his battle of the barrel challenge will be handed over to the Belfast Children\u2019s Home and the Epilepsy Dullstroom Centre.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105153\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-105153\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/barrel4-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/barrel4-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/11\/barrel4-LL-ZN-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rebecca Mashigo from the Epilepsy Dullstroom Centre, Vernon Kruger and Johan Theart from the Belfast Children&#8217;s Home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vernon was hoisted into his barrel at 12:00 today by helicopter, where he plans to stay for as long as he can.<\/p>\n<p>His food, drinks and other essentials will be sent up to him by bucket, all sponsored and prepared for by the Dullstroom community.<\/p>\n<p>Vernon and his barrel can be found at the Dullstrrom Greens.<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to assist in funding to help a child in need, contact Fiona or Lynnette at 013\u00a0254 0020 or 079\u00a0052 7872.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a man in his fifties announced that he is going to break his own record by living in a wine barrel, stuck to the end of a 23 meter pole for the next three months, the village folk of Dullstroom questioned his sanity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":105152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani 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