The twin sisters from Dehradun created a record by climbing seven tallest peaks in seven continents on Wednesday by climbing Mt. Vinson the highest peak in Antarctica.They started their journey in 2002 and till now they have successfully reached the top of Mt Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mt Everest (Asia), Mt Elbrus (Europe), Mt Aconcagua (South America), Mt Carstensz Pyramid (Oceania), Mt McKinley (North America) and finally Mt Vinson Massif (Antarctica). They also hold the record for being the world's first twin sisters to summit mountain Everest on May 19, 2013.
It was their fathers wish to join the basic mountaineering course at Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in 2009 after which they enjoyed and loved mountaineering and they did advance, search and rescue and mountaineering instructor-from NIM.After successfully climbing the seven peaks they have entered the "Hall of fame" called the "The seven summits club"
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