KATMANDU, Nepal — Two Nepalese climbers were on top of the world
this week — not only because they reached the top of Mount Everest but
because they got married there.
It was thought to be the first wedding on the summit.
It was a brief ceremony with 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 29,035 feet
on Monday.
“We were there only for 10 minutes, just enough for us to get
married and our friends to take pictures of us,” Mulepati told The
Associated Press on Friday.
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 — for
Nepalese the equivalent of exchanging rings.
