The 40th day

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The 40th day! As I closed in on my goal my mind was doing all it could to keep me awake and also be able to shoot I had the bright idea that I would get in a bed and have some friends set me on fire and that is exactly what happened! The video is crazy and here are a few of the photos! The amazing Garret Dillahunt Izabella Miko and Ali Cobrin Check out an interview about the 40 days

The rules of the universe only apply to you if you let them…

Izabella Miko Ali Cobrin

Nothing wakes you up like fire 3 inches from you!

Izabella Miko Ali Cobrin garret dillahunt

This is one of my favorite behind the scenes shots of me ever!

Izabella Miko Ali Cobrin

Once you realize that you can do anything you can do everything!

What would you do after being awake for 40 days?

  • Kelci

    TYLER! your fucking amazing! screw the world records book. you prove things to yourself not others. thats admirable! and these photos are phenomenal! i posted to your printed blog a photo. It’s very exciting. your really showing the world a new type of thinking, and its incredible. thanks for being a role model

  • michelle

    these are AMAZING! I still can’t believe you made it 40 days! Anything is possible :)

  • amy

    I would sleep for a while. that top photo is incredible.

  • Bertha Spears

    I’m here to be ‘that guy.’ You know, the guy on every website who calls stuff fake. THIS IS BULLSHIT. You got me to come to your webpage, good for you, but I don’t know your name and even if I did, I’ll just forget it 2 seconds after I click submit comment. I am just here to be anonymous and cruel, as you just here to be full of shit.

  • blackbird

    that last shot is CRAZY!

  • http://twitter.com/Yeremenko12 nastia

    Tyler, these are breathtaking! I don’t know, but you seem to be talking my ming somehow with taking photos that are so appealing to my own inner world! I know it’s some kind of work, art, and kind of, but I feel devotion for it… I have no idea whether it’s good or bad, but it’s the fact!
    After 40 days of no sleep I would probably take the ends… and do something very special to make the moment memorable! I would probably dance on the roof or something! You did take shoot as far as I know – and that is great! When I knew that you would be shooting at the moment of staying awake for 960 hours of no sleep, I felt proud for you!
    I know I can’t bother you with my problems, but some of the people around me say that I have some problems with my mentality when they see some photos of mine… But it’s just the way it works for me from time to time, when I can’t help myself doyng something else, as a result I get a picture like that
    http://twitpic.com/33bmeh
    sometimes even worse… Is there something wrong with me?

    O God! I adore the last photo! Incredible!

  • http://twitter.com/Yeremenko12 nastia

    “Just because someone tells you something is impossible, doesn’t mean it’s impossible.” – that is exactly what keeps me motivated and helps to keep moving forward! Only you make me believe! thanks…
    I liked the article! So much! Seems like getting closer to your struggle.

  • alyssa

    I’m speechless. I do definitely love your skills.

  • Sarah

    I’m amazed! I cant believe Tyler made it and these photos are amazing!

  • Kevin

    oh man what did that bed ever do to you? Ha! This is incredible, I love the last photo!

  • Gina

    After being awake for forty days I would most likely just Have a meltdown of epic proportions the likes of which would scare the pants off you… Or I’d just pass out and die.

  • Tina

    At what point exactly should I start to believe that Tyler is an alien? And this is the most epic set of pictures I think I’ve ever seen.

  • mr. kite

    these shots are incredible. i stopped following the rules a long time ago.

  • Eleanor

    I think that first picture is my new favorite photo of all time. :)

  • Pam

    I would sleep for as long as possible then eat some french toast! Lots of it!

  • Dreams

    I think I’d sleep for a week then who knows. Lovin these shots

  • hot mess

    holy shit that first pic is INSANE

  • Julia

    I love the way you use light, can’t wait to see what you do next!

  • Trent R

    I feel like if I was up for 40 days I’d be hallucinating non stop, which could be really awesome.

  • Lucy

    FIRE! FIRE!

  • monica

    flying girls never leave the ground and fire amaze but definitely the last shot… cinematic.

  • http://twitter.com/ericaowens Ericaaa

    Ahh Tyler! So glad you did it and finally got to sleep!!!!

  • Daniela

    You don’t know how happy i was the day you reached your goal, and you FINALLY slept again. haha
    you are crazyyy and amazing.

  • http://twitter.com/quixoticMoon quixoticMoon

    Wow! Those shots are amazing good sir. And you are quite the daring sir. My friend lit some matches in my mouth in our photoshoot and I mentally panicked. But to light the area around me on fire? I’d freak out entirely.

  • olayinka

    morning! nice photos!

  • Alora

    These are awsome!
    looks like a very excitiing shoot!
    love the last one:)

  • Penny

    I ADORE Izabella Miko!!!
    Kind of disappointed with the photoshoot though.

  • Jackie Sara

    The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion and the tyranny of the dull mind forever threatens — but our lives are not as limited as we think they are, all things are possible, laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it’s love and love alone that really matters ~ Tom Robbins. I trust you woke up with loving faces surrounding you &in this instance a pastor wasn’t needed! LOL j/k :)

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