attempted to award each Solo crossing a buckle for their finish. "Badwater" Ben Jones used to maintain a "Master List" of all Badwater-to-Whitney crossings, including finishers of the official Badwater Ultramarathon and the Badwater Solo. In 2007, then 19-year-old Ben Eakin – son of Laura Weber and coached and crewed by Scott Weber – completed his first solo crossing, having only finished 2 marathons and 1 50K prior to doing so. Eakin completed the 146 mile solo from Badwater to the summit of Mount Whitney, to become the youngest person to complete the lowest to highest course, as well as the first type-1 diabetic. In 2005, Barbara Szeprethy, then 24, is the youngest woman to finish the course, 3 times total, in consecutive years. Death Valley Cup Any competitor who completes both the Badwater Ultramarathon and the Furnace Creek 508 bicycle race (also held in Death Valley) during the same calendar year is awarded the Death Valley Cup. In 1996, Marshall Ulrich became the first ever to finish the Death Valley Cup. Charlie Engle currently holds the Death Valley Cup record, setting it in 2009. That year, he ran Badwater, 25:45:11 (4th place) and Furnace Creek, 33:19:25, (4th place) for a total time of 59:04:36. Badwater World Cup BWWC Badwater World Cup (BWWC) consists of Badwater (race in the desert) Brazil 135 Ultramarathon (race in the mountains) Arrowhead 135 (race in the snow) Europe 135 See also Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135, a documentary film on the 1999 race References External links Badwater 146 info Official event sites AdventureCORPS Badwater Ultramarathon Furnace Creek 508 Landmark crossings Breaking Point and Beyond, reprint of Marathoner Magazine article about Al Arnold's pioneering of the course, 1978. My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon, And What I Learned From It, reprint of Marshall Ulrich's account of his unassisted crossing in Marathon and Beyond. Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135. Documentary of the 1999 race The Distance of Truth: Documentary of the 2005 race Badwater World Cup BWWC AdventureCORPS Badwater Ultramarathon Arrowhead 135 Ultramarathon Ultramarathons in California Ultramarathons in the United States Death Valley Mojave Desert Tourist attractions in Inyo County, California Recurring sporting events established in 1987 1987 establishments in California