Editing Auto rickshaw (section)

== World records ==
On 16 September 2022, at 11:04&nbsp;a.m. (Indian Standard Time), a Canadian team (Greg Harris and Priya Singh) and a Swiss team (Michele Daryanani and Nevena Lazarevic) set the world record for the highest altitude at which an auto rickshaw has ever been driven. The world record was officially recognized and certified by Guinness World Records on October 10, 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/746257-highest-altitude-achieved-in-an-auto-rickshaw | title=Highest altitude achieved in an auto rickshaw }}</ref> The two teams set the record by driving to the summit of [[Umling La]] Pass at an altitude of {{convert|5798|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/10/25/india-Richshaw-Run-world-record-altitude/7301666713774/|title=Look: Auto rickshaws take world's highest road to set world record - UPI.com|website=UPI}}</ref>

The two teams were participating in the [[Rickshaw Run]] (Himalayan Edition), an event promoted by The Adventurists, where teams drive auto rickshaws from the [[Thar Desert|Thar desert]] town of [[Jaisalmer]] in Rajasthan to the [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] town of [[Leh]] in [[Ladakh]]. Rickshaw Run teams are given the start and finish lines, but are otherwise unsupported and left to their own navigational choices in completing the approximately 2,300&nbsp;km journey.

The road at Umling La Pass was constructed by India's Border Roads Organization and completed in 2017. Guinness World Records certified the road as the highest motorable road in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/62927-highest-road |title=Highest Altitude Road}}</ref>