India’s first “frozen-lake marathon” at Ladakh’s Pangong Tso at a height of 13,862 feet will be held on February 20, and the army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) have been roped in to implement a “proper action plan” for the event, a senior government official said on Sunday.

The 21-kilometer marathon, with Lukung as its starting point, will end at Maan village. Seventy-five selected athletes from India and abroad are participating in the run, allowing them to make a bid for a Guinness world record for the world’s highest “frozen-lake marathon”, officials said.

The marathon is being called the “Last Run” to highlight the issue of climate change, they said.