Organisers hope the run will secure them an entry into the Guinness World Records for the highest frozen lake marathon. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW DELHI – It is the first-of-its-kind marathon in India. Yet, when runners cover the 21.9km stretch across the frozen Pangong Lake at an altitude of nearly 4,350m in Ladakh, they will be participating in what has been billed as “the last run”.
There are running races in other icy locales, such as the North Pole Marathon, held at sea level, and the Antarctic Ice Marathon, at 700m. Norway organises a frozen lake marathon too – the Icebug Frozen Lake Marathon in Tisleifjorden, located at an altitude of 819m.It freezes completely usually by the end of January, when temperatures can drop to as low as minus 40 deg C.
Organisers have tried to limit the marathon’s ecological footprint by using composting toilets and banning single-use plastic. Runners will also lodge at home stays in villages to ensure monetary benefits from the event percolate down to the locals. While around 400 applications came in, this figure was pared down to 75 runners to factor in the capacity of home stays in four chosen villages, besides mitigating environmental impact.A December 2021 research study found that the surface of 87 Pangong glaciers had receded by around 6.7 per cent from 1990 to 2019, with experts flagging serious consequences, including the risk of glacial lake outburst floods.
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