@...@The annual Tenzing~Hillary Everest Marathon, which kicked off in 2003, is usually held in May to mark the anniversary of the first conquest of Everest by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953//
@...@**We decided not to cancel the race entirely because we wanted to send a positive message about Nepal to the world and help revive our tourism industry,** organizer Shikhar Pandey said//