Dedicated telemetry and data analysis for the Guinness World Records high-altitude drifting achievement completed at Umling La in 2025.
Umling La · 31 July 2025CONTEXT
Context and objective
Certifying the “Highest altitude drift by a car” required more than filming the manoeuvre. Altitude, position and run parameters had to be captured coherently, checked and turned into technical evidence suitable for the verification process in a remote, extreme-altitude environment.
SYSTEM
Architecture
The solution connected in-car telemetry, GNSS and altitude acquisition, local logging, log retrieval and post-run analysis. Traces and measurements were organised to reconstruct the session and support the record evidence package.
Devices and sensors
- Dedicated in-car telemetry unit
- GNSS reception and altitude measurement
- Local acquisition and control interface
- Technical workstation for log retrieval and review
Connectivity and protocols
- GNSS and altitude acquisition
- Local session recording
- KML traces and structured logs
- Export to analysis tools
Dashboards and operations
- Configuration and checks before each run
- Acquisition completeness review
- Altitude, distance and dynamics analysis
- Preparation of supporting charts and data
HDA contribution
- Configuration of the dedicated telemetry
- Technical support for field acquisition
- Dataset validation and organisation
- Data analysis and visualisation production
Record telemetry
Session acquisition, review and analysis
Record altitude
- LOCATION
- Umling La Pass · Ladakh
- DATE
- 31 July 2025
- RECORD HOLDER
- Sanam Preet Sekhon
- RECORD
- Highest altitude drift by a car
Session dynamics
- Mean drift angle
- ≈ 45.4° mean across the analysed section
- Drift distance
- > 50m acquired and analysed section
- Elevation gain
- 14.98m altitude increase during the session
Data chain
- 01Acquire
- 02Review
- 03Analyse
- 04Evidence
EVIDENCE
Outcomes and evidence
Guinness World Records credits Sanam Preet Sekhon with the record at 5,798.251 metres, achieved on 31 July 2025 at Umling La Pass, Ladakh. HDA contributed the dedicated telemetry and data analysis supporting the technical documentation.
TRUST
Role of Trusted Data
In a certification process, evidence depends on the connection between device, session, original measurement, transformations and delivered output. Preserving that chain makes the analysis reproducible and the evidence verifiable.