Motorcyclists aim world record

A seven-member motor biking expedition team is set to climb 5900 meter and break the world record of motor biking, the team leader Henning Bitsch declared today at a press conference organised in the capital.
The team, including five Danish, one Swede and a Nepali, would start their biking on August 6 and expect to finish the expedition by August 19. The team will start its journey from Kathmandu and heads towards Everest Base Camp via Kodari, Zanghmu, Nyalam, Tingri, Lhatze, Shakya Monsatery, Shigatse, Gyantse, Lhasa, Shigatse and Xegar.
"Its very adventurous and we are confident that we would break the world record," Bitsch, who is also an environmentalist working in Nepal, told The Kathmandu Post. They would take Honda 250 CC bike with them in their bid to achieve the landmark. The participants are Henning Bitsch, Annie Seel, Ajs Smed Nielsen, Christina G Pedersen, Lisbeth Zaccho, Krishna Humagain and Carsten Lorenzen. According to organiser High Mountain Wave Trekking, the trek is organised to mark the 50th Anniversary of the ascent of Mount Everest.

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