Bhopal

Singh covers 604 KM in Mountain Cycling

Staff Reporter

Cycle Rider Bhagwan Singh successfully completed the National Mountain Cycling Co-operation Campaign 2019. He traveled 604 kilometers in 10 days to Kullu-Manali Leh-Khardungala, the highest road in the world. It is 18,380 feet long road.

Bhagwan Singh met Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Jitu Patwari and shared his experiences.

Sports Minister Patwari appreciated the adventure cycle travel done by Bhagwan Singh. He congratulated Bhagwan Singh for the success of National Mountain Cycling Campaign and Best Rider Award.

Significantly, Khardungla is a Himalaya passage which is situated at an altitude of 5602 meters (18,380 feet) from the sea level. It is known as the world's highest road. The only Rider Lord Singh from Madhya Pradesh was awarded the Best Rider Award.

Bhagwan Singh is the only Rider from Madhya Pradesh who had completed this campaign. Bhagwan Singh informed that in this campaign only 11 riders could qualify. This campiagn was from July 11 to 21.

He said that cycling in minus degree temperature and snowy winds is a difficult journey. Difficulty breathing due to cold cold Some riders had to give oxygen as well. The most difficult climb of the 42 kilometers of Khardungala.

Notably Bhagwan Singh, who worked in the Sports and Youth Welfare Department, also climbed Mount Everest in 2016. He is the First rider to complete the journey of 435 km in Bhopal to Gwalior in 2 days. He is awarded the Best Climbers Award for Rock Climbing eight times. He has more than two hundred National Tracking experiences. He has done trekking 5550 meter black stone in Nepal and has  records of tracking 56 kilometers in Dalhousie in 7 hours are also on the name of Bhagwan Singh.