Great Himalayan Running Festival 2023 This race is organized by Thee Hai Race every year in the month of June. There are four categories in this event, the first one is Hell Ultra... in which the runner has to run 480 km in 120 hours. The second is Hello-135Miles... In this the runner runs 135 miles in 42 hours. Third is High 5s...the runner in this category runs a full marathon every day for 5 days in which he has to cross a mountain pass every day, the cut off is 10 hours every day. The fourth category is Rohtang Epic, in which the runner runs 80 km and 50 km in 8 and 14 hours.
This race is organized every year on the most dangerous and inaccessible highway in the world named Manali-Leh Highway. There are 5 mountain passes on this highway, Rohtang Pass (3980m), Baralacha La (4980m), Naki La (5100m), Lachungla (5150m) and the last one is Tangalangla (5319m). There are 10,000 mountain passes on this 480 km long highway. There is an elevation gain of 1000. The route passes through Himachal Pradesh and enters the state of Ladakh, which is famous worldwide for its landscapes.
So in the previous posts, you learned how the runners reached the destination of their category. In Rohtang Epic 2 runners dnf from 60K and rest all finished their race, In Hale Ultra 480 both runners could not meet the cut off and hence got dnf, 135 Miles runner completed his race in 36 hours By setting a new record, and in the last race which will end today, so far 3 runners have been out of the race due to high altitude and low oxygen.
Today the High 5s runners will cross the Tangalangla Pass running from Debring which is covered with snow even in the month of June. From Tangalangla, the high mountains located on the Siachen Glacier are visible, in which Saser Kangdi is special.
If advanced runners will finish their race before Rumsey from where they will be brought to Leh where everyone will sleep on beds for the first time in 4 days and take hot water bath. There will be a prize distribution ceremony here this evening, in which the runners who have finished their race in time will be given trophies. After which the runners will go for a sightseeing tour of Leh city.
As a volunteer, I will wind up the race, pack everything and head back home on June 26. I hope I have given you all the details about this race.
Disclaimer: All photos are clicked from poco f1, photos have been edited in mobile app lightroom. This English text was translated from Hindi, for which the help of Google translation has been taken.
Sharing the photos of Leh below, I hope you enjoy it. Till then take care, stay healthy and be happy.
