STYR Labs Badwater 135

DEATH VALLEY, CA - JULY 12: Iwamoto Nobumi of Japan walks with a member of his support team during the STYR Labs Badwater 135 on July 12, 2017 in Death Valley, California. The start of the 135 mile race is at Badwater Basin, Death Valley, which marks the lowest elevation in North America at 280 feet below sea level. The race finishes at Whitney Portal at 8,360 feet. The course covers three mountain ranges for a total of 14,600 feet of cumulative vertical ascent. Whitney Portal is the trailhead to the Mt. Whitney summit, the highest point in the contiguous United States. The hottest temperature in the world was recorded in Death Valley with a temperature of 134 degrees (56.6 Celcius). (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)