YAK ATTACK - SHOWDOWN in the ANNAPURNA\'S
A Tough Trail
Phil Evans (Extreme World Challenges) / 10.03.2008
Day 2; Bahundanda to Taal - 17km/1295m-1677m/Total ascent 801mAlthough this was a relatively short day, it was a tough one for all the competitors, but especially the mountain bikers. With only 15% of the trail rideable, this meant the bikes had to be carried for approx 6 miles.
Huge boulders, landslides and numerous pony trains didn't make the going any easier, so it was no surprise when runners filled the top 7 places.
Phudorjee Lama Sherpa (Peregrine adventures + First Ascent UK) continued to show why he is fast becoming Nepal’s top long distance off-road runner, proclaiming, after coming finishing in 1:58:52, that this event is really too short for him!
The birthday cake that was given to Philip Morris yesterday, must have worked wonders. The UK runner finished just 5 minutes behind Phudorjee, with Sonam Gel Sherpa 3 seconds behind.
Yangdi Lama Sherpa was the first female runner back to Taal in 2:35:00 which was 36 minutes in front of the first mountain bikers to arrive, Pasang and Kaji Sherpa.
Matt Hart of Torqfitness put up a valiant effort to nail the very technical downhill start but spectacularly stacked it on a particularly steep set of rocky steps (video footage to follow!). However he recovered enough from this scare to finish 6th rider and still in with a chance of a top placing coming into the finish at Manang.
Todays Results
1 Phudorjee Lama Sherpa (Peregrine + First Adventure) (r) 1:58:52
2 Philip Morris (r) 2:03:42
3 Sonam Gel Sherpa (r) 2:03:45
Overall Standing
1 Phudorjee Lama Sherpa(r) (Peregrine + First Ascent UK) 3:37:32
2 Philip Morris (r) 3:42:22
3 Sonam Gel Sherpa (r) 3:50:00
(First biker is Kaji Sherpa - 4:54:06 followed by Pasang Sherpa (Torqfitness) 5:04:11.)See All Event Posts
