Mr Memory's peak practice
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March 26, 2012, Monday
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A FLORIDA man who trained for a national memory competition by memorizing cards as he climbed Mount Everest won the contest on Saturday and broke a US record.
Nelson Dellis, 28, said his training required him to reshuffle the cards at each new altitude in his climb.
"I was getting my best times the higher I got," said Dellis, who was surprised at his ability to stay focused as he made his way toward the summit.
It was the second year in a row that Dellis had won the USA Memory Championship, which was held in Manhattan. He also broke a record for memorizing 303 random numbers in five minutes, besting the 248 record he had set last year.
"It's all tricks," Dellis said. "I don't have a good memory naturally. It's something I learned and taught myself."
Among his tricks is a method where he visualizes objects as he moves mentally through a place he knows well. To recall the information, he mentally walks back through the journey.
Dellis, a former software developer turned "memory consultant," said he began to research memory after a grandmother began showing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
Nelson Dellis, 28, said his training required him to reshuffle the cards at each new altitude in his climb.
"I was getting my best times the higher I got," said Dellis, who was surprised at his ability to stay focused as he made his way toward the summit.
It was the second year in a row that Dellis had won the USA Memory Championship, which was held in Manhattan. He also broke a record for memorizing 303 random numbers in five minutes, besting the 248 record he had set last year.
"It's all tricks," Dellis said. "I don't have a good memory naturally. It's something I learned and taught myself."
Among his tricks is a method where he visualizes objects as he moves mentally through a place he knows well. To recall the information, he mentally walks back through the journey.
Dellis, a former software developer turned "memory consultant," said he began to research memory after a grandmother began showing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
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