K News Today
Leh, February 20: Second edition of Pangong frozen lake marathon “the world’s highest frozen lake marathon was successfully conducted today on the 20th Feb, 2024. It was organised by Adventure sports foundation of Ladakh with the support of Administration Union Territory of Ladakh and 14 corps Indian army. The run was participated by 120 runners from 7 different countries of the world in two categories of run namely 21 km and 10km.
Shri Ravinder Kumar Secretary sports was the chief guest of the event accompanied by Shri Konchok Stanzin, Councillor Chushul Constituency.
The main purpose behind this run is to spread awareness about rapid melting Himalayan glaciers titled theastrun implying this could the last run on frozen pangong lake due to the impact of global warming, at the same time to promote winter toursim in places like changthang.
People from pangong areas from Maan, Merak, Spangmik and Phobrang participated in the event along with hosting the runners. They performed various culture performance on the occasion.
The run was conducted in the midst of heavy snowfall at an altitude of 14,273 ft and with the temperatures dropped to -15, which officially gives us the confidence to declare this as one of the toughest marathon in the world.
