Everest Trail Race

Two crazy cats in 1985 had an idea of running from Everest Base Camp to Namche Bazaar in little over 12 Hours. Some said them crazy and some thought them as pioneers in Sky Running Ultra Marathon History. In return, Jan Turner and Tony Hunt decided to approach organizers leading to the establishment of the Everest Marathon, the highest of its kind. Modern Days this running trend Turner and Hunt started has extended to various versions. One of the recent ones is Everest Ultra Trail Running from Jiri to Tengboche To Lukla. This trail running goes for 6 days covering the forgotten trail section of Jiri- Lukla. It is a multistage race covering approximate of 160 KMs over the course of 6 days with total ascent of approximately 15000m and the total descent of about 14000m. Popular amongst ultra-marathon runners, sky-runners and ultra-trail runners, the ETR takes place in November is considered one of the physically hardest running trail around Everest.