Monkey Business

Ever since middle school Parker Phinney ’12 has wanted to set the world mark for the longest Barrel of Monkeys chain. After negotiating with folks at Guinness World Records, Phinney finally found the appropriate venue—Top of the Hop—to accomplish the feat and got the job done May 13. In two hours Phinney and 26 volunteers created a chain that included 5,990 of the little plastic primates, shattering the previous record of 3,500.