Photo for representation purposes.
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 25
An Army officer tasked to the elite 1 Strike Corps on Saturday pedaled off to set a new Guinness Record for the fastest solo cycling – from Leh to Manali.
Lt Col Sripada Sriram from the Strategic Strikers Division of the 1 Strike Corps, headquartered at Mathura, is attempting the record.
Lt Col Sriram was flagged from Leh at 4 am. The officer would attempt to cover a distance of 472 km. The route involves crossing of five major passes, all of them more than 15,000 feet in elevation, under tough weather conditions. The passes received the first snow in the first week of September.
He is expected to reach Manali on Sunday.
Join Whatsapp Channel of The Tribune for latest updates.
Most Read In 24 Hours
Don't Miss
View All
Top News
Election Commission asks AAP to modify Lok Sabha election campaign song; party cries foul
The song ‘Jail ka jawab vote se denge’ was released at AAP h...
Drugs worth Rs 600 crore seized from Pakistani boat off Gujarat coast; 14 crew members held
The overnight operation in the Arabian Sea was carried out i...
Arvinder Singh Lovely resigns as Delhi Congress chief
Lovely expresses his disagreement with the decision to ally ...
Siddaramaiah orders SIT probe into 'sex scandal' involving Deve Gowda’s grandson
Prajwal Revanna was the NDA candidate in Hassan Lok Sabha co...
Village defence guard killed in gunfight with terrorists in J-K's Udhampur
A massive search operation is under way to flush out the ter...
