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The Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon, usually called the Everest Marathon, is a trail race held every year on 29 May in the Khumbu region of Nepal, the anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953. It has been held annually since 2003 and is considered the highest marathon in the world. The full marathon starts at Everest Base Camp, at about 5,364 m on the Khumbu Glacier close to the Khumbu Icefall, and finishes in Namche Bazaar, the Sherpa capital, at 3,440 m. The route follows rough mountain trails and yak paths down the Khumbu valley through Gorak Shep and Dingboche. A half marathon starts at Dingboche and also finishes in Namche Bazaar, and there is a 70 km ultra from Everest Base Camp. Around 250 runners from more than 20 countries take part each year, and the race week is built around a trek to base camp that runs from mid-May to early June. The course record is 3:28:27, set by the Nepali runner Dipak Raj Rai in 2006.
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
Late May is the last month before the monsoon rains build up. At the Namche Bazaar finish, at 3,450 m, the average May high is about 14°C and the low about 4°C, and the start at Everest Base Camp is roughly 1,900 m higher and colder.
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Namche Bazaar
The first edition was held in 2003, organised on the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary. It was first called the Golden Jubilee Everest Marathon, and from 2004 it has run as the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon. It is organised each year by the Nepal-based company Himalayan Expeditions with the approval of the Government of Nepal and the Nepal Tourism Board.
In 2006 a 24-year-old farmer from Gundel in Solukhumbu, Dipak Raj Rai, won the third Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon in 3:28:27, almost an hour faster than the 2005 winner Dangima Sherpa. A total of 140 Nepali and foreign runners took part, and Rai won a cash prize of Rs 50,000. His time is still listed as the course record.
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Dipak Raj Rai (2006)
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