Tenzing Hillary Everest (Qomolangma) Marathon will be held in
northeastern Nepal on Tuesday, a press release issued by Tenzing
Hillary Everest Marathon-2007 Organizing Committee said on
Monday.
This marathon was named as Tenzing Hillary Everest (Qomolangma)
Marathon to pay tribute to Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund
Hillary, the first persons to summit Mt. Qomolangma in May 29,
1953.
The marathon is getting popular every year bearing its past
legacy the most challenging and world's highest marathon in the
world, the release said.
Altogether there are more than 130 participants in this
marathon. As many as 53 foreign participants from Australia,
Austria, Finland, Czech Republic, Thailand, Switzerland, Ireland,
France, Japan, Germany, Britain, the United States and Netherlands
are taking part in the marathon.
According to the release, the starting line of the marathon is
at Everest (Qomolangma) Expedition Base camp at altitude 5,356
meters, and the finish is at the Sherpa town of Namche Bazaar in
Solukhunbu district at 3,446 meters, some 200km northeast of
Kathmandu. The course of the marathon is measured some 42km over
rough mountain trails. It is the world's most spectacular and
extreme race.
This marathon passes through the traditional route to Mt.
Qomolangma pioneered by Late Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund
Hillary when they climbed the peak in 1953.
The first Tenzing Hillary Everest (Qomolangma) Marathon was held
in 2003.
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(Xinhua News Agency May 29, 2007)