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Hundreds of nuns trained in Kung Fu are biking the Himalayas to oppose human trafficking
Clad in black sweatpants, red jackets and white helmets, the hundreds of cyclists pedaling the...
The similarity, however, ends there.
- Nita Bhalla
- Reuters
This journey is longer and tougher, the prize has no financial value or global recognition and the participants are not professional cyclists but Buddhist nuns from India, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet.
Five hundred nuns from the Buddhist sect known as the Drukpa Order, on Saturday complete a 4,000-km (2,485 mile) bicycle trek from Nepal’s Kathmandu to the northern city of Leh in India to raise awareness about human trafficking in the…