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Nepalese Couple Marry on Top of Mount Everest
Two Nepalese climbers were on top of the world – not only because they reached the summit of Mount Everest but because they got married there.
There was no procession, champagne or band – only piles of snow and a breathtaking panorama for bride Moni Mulepati, 24, and groom Pem Dorjee, 23, as they exchanged their vows at the 29,035ft summit.
“We were there only for 10 minutes, just enough for us to get married and our friends to take pictures of us,” Mulepati said.
The couple was part of the Rotary Centennial Everest Expedition and scaled the peak with 45 other climbers.
Temperatures at the summit were bitingly cold and the weather treacherous, so they had to make the ceremony quick. They briefly took off oxygen masks and donned plastic garlands while the groom put traditional red powder on the bride’s forehead, symbolising marriage.
The couple had not told friends and relatives of their plans, and were to hold a more formal wedding later in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu.
Family members spoke of their surprise.
“We only knew they were going to climb Everest and nothing about the wedding plans. But it is fine with us,” said Mohan Mulepati, the bride’s father.
The wedding was unconventional not just for its locale: She is from the Newar community and he is a Sherpa – an unusual pairing in a country where most marriages are arranged by parents and people tend to stick to their castes.
“With our interracial marriage, we also wanted to give the message that caste and race has no barriers when it comes to marriage,” said Dorjee.
On their return from the mountain, the couple spent their first night at the bride’s house in Kathmandu.
“We both want to continue climbing mountains,” she said.
Nepalese Couple Marry on Top of Mount Everest
Two Nepalese climbers were on top of the world – not only because they reached the summit of Mount Everest but because they got married there.
There was no procession, champagne or band – only piles of snow and a breathtaking panorama for bride Moni Mulepati, 24, and groom Pem Dorjee, 23, as they exchanged their vows at the 29,035ft summit.
“We were there only for 10 minutes, just enough for us to get married and our friends to take pictures of us,” Mulepati said.
The couple was part of the Rotary Centennial Everest Expedition and scaled the peak with 45 other climbers.
Temperatures at the summit were bitingly cold and the weather treacherous, so they had to make the ceremony quick. They briefly took off oxygen masks and donned plastic garlands while the groom put traditional red powder on the bride’s forehead, symbolising marriage.
The couple had not told friends and relatives of their plans, and were to hold a more formal wedding later in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu.
Family members spoke of their surprise.
“We only knew they were going to climb Everest and nothing about the wedding plans. But it is fine with us,” said Mohan Mulepati, the bride’s father.
The wedding was unconventional not just for its locale: She is from the Newar community and he is a Sherpa – an unusual pairing in a country where most marriages are arranged by parents and people tend to stick to their castes.
“With our interracial marriage, we also wanted to give the message that caste and race has no barriers when it comes to marriage,” said Dorjee.
On their return from the mountain, the couple spent their first night at the bride’s house in Kathmandu.
“We both want to continue climbing mountains,” she said.
