Pune woman sets record, cycles from Leh to Manali in 55 hrs

A 45-year-old cyclist from Pune, Preeti Maske, who is a mother of two children, made it to the Guinness Book of Records by becoming the first woman to cycle on her own from Leh to Manali in just 55 hours and 13 minutes. Preeti covered a distance of 428 km on the daunting Leh-Manali highway with a total elevation gain of more than 26,000 feet. She cycled across 17,582ft high Taglangla pass, the highest pass on her route, and many other passes higher than 16,000ft.