India’s popular mountaineering sisters, Tashi and Nungshi Malik known as ‘Everest Twins’ have once again made the country proud after they summited two 4000m (13,000 ft) peaks in Switzerland's ‘100 % Women Peak Challenge'. The summit was aimed to encourage women-only teams to display their courage as they ascend all the forty-eight 13,000ft peaks in the Swiss Alps. As per reports, the twin mountaineering sisters successfully conquered Mount Breithorn (13,662 ft) & Allalinhorn (13,212 ft), respectively.
The Everest twins experienced the Swiss Alps for the first time. “The terrain here is so different to anything that we have done in the past especially in the Himalayas. But it was an amazing adventure, the visuals from the top of the mountain just took our breath away,” said Tashi. “The climb to Breithorn was comparatively easier,” added Nungshi. As per ANI, none among the 400 seasoned mountaineers as well as women have been able to achieve this target of ascending 4,000 meters peak before.
“Inviting Twin sisters for this peak challenge was an opportunity to connect with global travellers, especially women mountaineers, bring them all together at one place in Switzerland beautiful landscapes. On Mount Breithorn, the Twins were also accompanied by two more female climbers who were not professional. We hope India's representation in this challenge will motivate more Indian women by participating in mountain biking, climbing, camping and high-altitude hikes. Because we believe females can do anything, they can also climb any mountain peak, in the world or her life,” said Ritu Sharma, Deputy Director of Switzerland Tourism.