Kathmandu Kora Cycling Challenge 2016

Every year, on the third Saturday in July, riders from Nepal and all over the world (ok, that sounds glamorous, but riders from different nationalities do participate) gather in Kathmandu (last year we were close to 2500 riders) to ride a personal challenge of 50 km | 75 km and 100 km around Kathmandu Valley. This is now popular as the KATHMANDU KORA, this year on its sixth edition so its Kathmandu Kora Cycling Challenge 2016 this year.

Started in 2011, a modest 35 riders challenged themselves and got pledged of around half a million Nepali Rupees for a school and an orphanage in Kathmandu. In its second edition, almost 300 riders turned up and raised close to a million Rs. for upgrading birthing facilities in RUKUM.

In the fiftth edition last year, we had close to 3000 riders and over Rs 0.7m raised to build a health facility in Makaibari, Gorkha- the devasted area after the great earthquake in 2015.

How do we achieve this?

Easy. We register. We share. We talk to people about what we are doing, and get pledges from them for each kilometer we are riding.

REGISTRATION

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