Meet Lt Col Bharat Pannu, Who Broke Two Guinness World Records For Fastest Solo Cycling
Lt Col Pannu who serves as an Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) officer created his first record last year when he attempted from Leh to Manali on the arduous route of 472 km and the second record was of the 5,942 km Golden Quadrilateral route connecting the four metropolitan cities of India.
Lieutenant Colonel Bharat Pannu, a serving officer in the Indian Army, has created two consecutive World Records for the fastest solo cycling last year in October.
Lt Col Pannu who serves as an Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) officer created his first record last year when he attempted from Leh to Manali on the arduous route of 472 km and the second record was of the 5,942 km Golden Quadrilateral route connecting the four metropolitan cities of India.
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Lieutenant Colonel Bharat Pannu of #IndianArmy has created #GuinnessWorldRecord of ¡°Fastest Cycle Journey of #Manali ¨C #Leh Highway¡± in 35 Hours 32 Minutes & 22 Seconds to cover the arduous route of 472 km. #Proud pic.twitter.com/gwmWtZHaiI
21 days
It took him an effort of 21 days to move across the entire nation during the pandemic situation to achieve this herculean feat.
The first event started on October 10, 2020, from Leh, after acclimatisation and training of 20 days in Ladakh. This record was never attempted earlier and the officer got a cut-off time of 40 hours to get into the Guinness record book.
The lowest temperature which he encountered was 12 degree Celsius at Sarchu.
The second event started on October 16, 2020, from India Gate, New Delhi and approached the 5942 km Golden Quadrilateral route via Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai.
The officer finished the expedition on October 30, 2020, at India Gate in 14 days, 23 hours, 52 minutes. The earlier record was 19 days 23 hours accomplished on 05 Mar 2017 by Devanshu Shivnani of New Delhi which was improved by almost five days.
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No easy goings
He encountered bad traffic, rains for multiple days in south India, equipment breakdown, among other things during the expedition. The officer slept for three-four hours on average and covered over 400 km per day for the said duration.
The official Guinness World Record was received in April 2021.
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His other achievements include the third position globally in the Virtual Race across America 2020 and became the first Indian to get a podium finish in any international ultra-cycling event.
He also stood first in the 1750 km Ultra Spice Race 2019 from Goa to Ooty and back.
His next plan is to lift up the tricolour on the podium of Race across America 2022.
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