Race Recap - Himalayan Outdoor Festival - MTB Downhill (XCO)

3rd Suman Tamang / 1st Rajesh Magar / 2nd Chris Keeling PHOTO: GauravMan Sherchan

The fifth edition of the Himalayan Outdoor Festival (HOF) at Hattiban was quite a fun filled weekend for the outdoor enthusiasts with The Northface as the main sponsor, powered by Redbull, local media partner The Kathmandu Post and international media partner MTB Mag Asia. The event was supported by many MTB and adventure brands. 
 
The event this year brought together even more outdoors and sports lovers camping out in the pine forest of Hattiban for the weekend while many were there for the beautiful Saturday. On the evening of Friday, everyone enjoyed the first ever screening of the documentary of Mira Rai.
 
The Saturday started off with the Ultra Running at 8.30am in various lengths followed by Mountain Bike XC race, rock climbing and finally the downhill race. It was interesting to see that adventure is slowly starting to become a part of the urban Kathmandu culture with many families there with their little or teen children enjoying the various adventure activities there at the event.
 
MTB Mag Asia was also there to cover the highlights from the Downhill race

RIDER: Nishanth Shan PHOTO: GauravMan Sherchan

RIDER: Chris Keeling PHOTO: GauravMan Sherchan

RIDER: Arnav "Max" Sherchan PHOTO: GauravMan Sherchan

RIDER: Rajesh Magar PHOTO: GauravMan Sherchan

RIDER: Nishma Shresta is going down hard, but still managed to get 2nd! PHOTO: Krishna Bhattarai

RIDER: Suman Tamang PHOTO: GauravMan Sherchan

PHOTO: GauravMan Sherchan

RIDER: Ashirwad PHOTO: GauravMan Sherchan

3rd Pushpa Bhandari / 1st Laxmi Magar / 2nd Pushpa Bhandari PHOTO: GauravMan Sherchan

RIDER: Laxmi Magar PHOTO: GauravMan Sherchan