New record! Great Himalaya Trail

What better way to deal with a breakup than run the 1,400km Great Himalaya Trail solo? Andrew Porter did it, and did it quick, setting a new record of 28 days, 13 hours, 56 minutes. This is his journey.

In the distance, I can finally see the ridge marking the border to India. There is a 1,000m deep valley between us, but with over 60,000m altitude gain behind me, this final hill is actually a formality.

I take occasional shortcuts through the jungle and bamboo, but stick mainly to a road. I thus cover 40km, but just as it is getting dark I reach the border post in Pashupatinagar.

I have crossed the width of Nepal, west to east, and have completed the Great Himalaya Trail in a