Carol Motsinger

cmotsinger@citizen-times.com

Of course Portland holds this world record.

And, of course, Asheville is going to try to beat the world record for number of linked up tubers. But this lively competition has a very undead twist: The Asheville group wants to break the record dressed like zombies.

A new Facebook page launched "Tube-ocalypse: Zombie Float and World Record Attempt!" to help rally hordes of the floating dead for the Sept. 20 event.

According to the page, "this event will be in conjunction with Western North Carolina Alliance and French Broad Riverkeeper and it will be an organized event! Asheville Adventure Rentals- AAR is on board as our official river outfitter sponsor!

"Logistics and such are currently being worked out so check this event often for updates as to how we are going to pull this off!"

As of Thursday, about 340 people say they will attend. The current record is for more than 600 people.

The Human Access Project, a non-profit aiming to make the Willamette River more accessible to Portland residents, hosted the event in summer 2013.