| Description: | The Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon is an annual international high-altitude adventure sports event. It celebrates the historic Everest ascent by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary. The event invites runners from around the world to experience the highest marathon, offering a full marathon, half marathon, and ultra-marathon.
Starting from Everest Base Camp, the Full Marathon, the Olympic Style - 42.195 KM ends at Namche Bazar. Each year hundreds of participants run the full category. The course of the Full Marathon is mostly downhill and is a trekking trail. The trails of the 42.195 km Marathon descend through Gorakshep and head down towards Dingboche where runners will make a loop at Bibre. From there, the tracks will descend to Namche via Kyanjuma. |
