Over 150 runners took part in the world's highest marathon on Thursday. The event, which was held in the foothills of Mount Everest, passed yaks and monasteries along the snow-covered trail. The annual Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon, which kicked off in 2003, is meant to mark the anniversary of the first summit of Mount Everest by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953. Runners set off as soon as the clock struck 8:48 am, a start time meant ...
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