Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe KABUL, Afghanistan, May 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. Army major serving in Afghanistan set a world record by jumping rope 12,405 times in 60 minutes. She said she was aiming to inspire Afghan women. Advertisement Maj. Leticia Walpole, whose feat has been submitted to Guinness World Records for confirmation as a record, said she jumped rope 12,405 times consecutively in 60 minutes -- 3.45 jumps per second -- in the International Security Assistance Force gymnasium May 16 to show Afghan women they can do anything if they set their minds to it. "I also wanted to encourage and motivate other military personnel serving in Afghanistan on the importance of staying in shape," Walpole said. Walpole said she previously attempted to break the record, which currently stands at 11,527 skips and was set by a Florida woman, last year at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., but she fell short with only 8,238 rope jumps. "I knew one day the opportunity would come again," she said.
