Royal Penguin Boutique Hotel is organising the second edition of 60-km Royal Penguin Ultra Marathon in the Everest region on October 5.

The marathon begins from Namche Bazaar, a Sherpa village located at 3440m and famously known as ‘gateway to the Everest’. The marathon route attains the maximum elevation of 5340m at the Renjo Pass with Dole (4200m) and Gokyo (4790m) as its main intermediate points. Likewise, the participants will return back to Namche following trail connecting Marlung and Thame.

Pemba Sherpa and Ang Chhutin Sherpa had won the event in 2014. The men’s winner will earn Rs 50,000 and the runners-up will get 25,000 Rs 15,000. The women’s category winner and the oldest runner will bag Rs 15,000 each. The marathon was not organised in subsequent year due to the devastating earthquake, organisers said.