Kathmandu, March 25 -- After surviving a deadly road accident 10 years ago, Ram Bahadur Tamang-Gole is still on the road - this time in a wheelchair.

On Wednesday he set a new Nepal record for the longest wheelchair ride, from the eastern end of Nepal to the west, a journey of 1,028km in 26 days. He braved rough patches of highway, fumes from trucks, but for him the scariest part was traversing Bardia National Park where a man-eating tiger was on the loose.

"We got a lot of help and generosity along the way, I am really happy to have completed it and hope to make even longer journeys in future," Gole told Nepali Times at Dhangadi airport before flying back to Kathmandu.

Making Nepal accessible to all, Nepali Times

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