
Woman with terminal cancer completes Everest race
University of Leeds professor Dr Shaunna Burke comes fourth in her category in the Everest Marathon.
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Everest Marathon is an annual marathon event, held in the district of Solukhumbu, Nepal, around the vicinity of Mount Everest in May. With its starting point at 5401m Meter from where the Climbing of Mount Everest Peak starts through the Ice Fall, the marathon is considered to be one of the highest and toughest races in the world. The marathon starts at the Mt. Everest Base Camp, and moves through the traditionally used high Sherpa trails of Khumbu Valley.
University of Leeds professor Dr Shaunna Burke comes fourth in her category in the Everest Marathon.