Dr. Shiva Shrotriya, one of the four doctors of the medical team that is accompanying the marathon team, informed about the safety measures and precautions that the team is taking.
He said that the foreign participants have had adequate medical screenings and the locals are used to this kind of climate.
According to myrepublica.com report, while foreign participants are being trekked on an itinerary, locals are also being provided with necessary help as tents, shoes and sunglasses, if needed, Sherpa said.
Mark Willis, one of the participants from Richmond, Virginia, said the experience so far has been, "great and the weather ( snowfall) has added extra excitement."
Willis, who has also participated in other trail races and ultra marathons, said he is participating just to be a part of the world's highest marathon and be at Mt. Qomolangma Base Camp.
The Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon that started in 2003 has 74 participants so far including 30 foreigners from India, the United States, Britain, Ireland, France, Hungary, Poland, New Zealand, Germany, Australia and Brazil.
The marathon is recorded in the Guinness of Book of Records as Highest Marathon of the world, with its starting line from Khumbu Icefall, running through the Qomolangma Expedition Base Camp crisscrossing village trails to Namche Bazaar covering the distance of 42.195 km, fulfilling the Olympic standard.
This marathon just passes through the traditional route to Mt. Qomolangma from the south side pioneered by Late Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Late Sir Edmund Hillary while climbing Mt. Qomolangma in 1953.
