2018 Badwater 135 - Selected shots as the racers head into their first full day.

©AdventureCORPS®, Inc. All rights reserved. Footage may not be used for any purpose without the express written consent of AdventureCORPS®, Inc. Video shot and edited by Jeric Wilhelmsen - with assistance and additional camera work by Victoria Negri - and produced by AdventureCORPS, Inc. With the 2018 Badwater 135 having begun the even prior, racers enter their first full day on the course after a long, hot night which included a record temperature (for the race start) of 118 degrees F at the start line. This day, Death Valley National Park would set a new historic record of 127F (53C) for July 24. AdventureCORPS, Inc. hosts the Badwater® 135 annually in July of each year. Recognized globally as “the world's toughest foot race,“ this legendary event pits up to 100 of the world's toughest athletes—runners, triathletes, adventure racers, and mountaineers—against one another and the elements. Covering 135 miles (217km) non-stop over the most epic terrain imaginable and finishing at the end of the road on Mt.