Oxfam Trailwalker: thousands take to Hong Kong’s MacLehose Trail for city’s largest annual fundraiser
- Some 3,400 people take part in the annual event, which leads competitors on a 100km trek across the city
- First to complete the route from Pak Tam Chung in Sai Kung to the Crossroads Foundation in Tuen Mun are Team TTR in 12 hours, 42 minutes and 47 seconds
Thousands of runners and walkers took to Hong Kong’s MacLehose Trail on Friday for the annual Oxfam Trailwalker, which takes competitors on a 100km trek across the city.
Some 3,400 people in about 850 teams started Hong Kong’s largest hiking fundraiser throughout the course of the day, with their journey taking them from Pak Tam Chung in Sai Kung to Crossroads Foundation in Tuen Mun.
They had 48 hours to complete the gruelling task, which crosses 20 of the city’s highest peaks.
But the top teams finished late on Friday, led at 8.42pm by winners Team TTR (charity organisation Trailwalker Teaching Room) and followed 45 minutes later by Team 8129.
Among those taking part were a teacher from Hong Chi Lions Morninghill School, who had teamed up with three 18-year-old students with mild mental retardation or autism spectrum disorder.
Four medical students from Chinese University also formed a team, while in addition to local competitors, there were participants from overseas and mainland China, including two hearing-impaired individuals from the Beijing-based Best Social Work Institute, which supports disabled women in China.
