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Couple Gets Married On Mount Everest After Trekking For 3 Weeks, And Their Wedding Photos Are Epic
It’s been said that love can move mountains, but one California couple has proven that it can also climb them. Ashley Schmeider and James Sisson felt that a run-of-the-mill wedding ceremony wasn’t right for them – so they decided to get married on Mount Everest instead. As you can probably guess, their wedding photos are monumentally epic.
32-year-old Ashley and 35-year-old James spent a whole year planning and training for the expedition, and it was no walk in the park when they finally arrived in Nepal in early March. Accompanied by their photographer, Charleton Churchill, it took them the better part of 3 weeks to reach the 17,000-foot-high Base Camp Everest, where they finally said their vows after braving deep snow, freezing temperatures, and altitude sickness together. Churchill’s photos of the unorthodox ceremony show a spectacular blend of rich blue, crisp white, and rugged stone.
Let’s hope this couple’s marriage pulls through harsh conditions as well as they do! Follow their compelling journey and see the fantastic final results below.
More info: Charleton Churchill, Instagram (h/t)
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Helping Panda 8 years ago
Nice pictures. It's a bummer two stupid people photobombed all of them...
Michel M. Prins 8 years ago
Now THAT''S determination! It's sad to see some of those comments below judging how they planned their own wedding. In fact, it is actually an amazing way to make the relationship stronger, like having confidence in each other, motivate each other. Maybe they also got mad at each other, but hey, that's also what can happen not and then. There are other ways to make it stronger of course, but climbing a mountain together out of their love for each other is still pretty amazing!
Jae 8 years ago
That's not on the Everest. That's Everest base camp. Everest is not the mountain seen from the EBC, as you first climb Lhotse. Hiking to EBC in Nepal is neither that hard nor expensive. I did it with couple of regular fit uni students. It only takes long due to the acclimatization.
Brian Stauffer 8 years ago
You are correct but of course that;s just not sexy enough for the headline writers. It's an amazing spot still.
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MysticalMan 8 years ago
Here are people sharing their happiness with us. That's what it is... happiness. I welcome it. Thank you.
Michael Blitch 8 years ago
Why are articles like this intentionally lying or so ignorant or lying about facts? "Couple Gets Married On Mount Everest" This couple was not, based on photos and details released, ever *on* Mt. Everest, as claimed. Base Camp is not on the mountin and in fact you are not on it until well past the ice fall. You cannot even see Mt. Everest from base camp, though it is seen on the ridge walking into EBC before you decend to the camp area. It definitely should not take three weeks to trek there if they start in Lukla or even Jiri.
Steven McMacken 8 years ago
Picky, picky, picky, Michael. Why are you trying to put down something pretty cool (and I mean that literally) by splitting hairs? It's apparent that they were taking a leisurely trek to EBC and even took a side valley or two for more photo opportunities—isn't that Makalu peaking up in the background of the 6th photo? It even looks like they went at least part way up Kala Pattar.
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Brianna Bastian 8 years ago
Hahaha, I just laughed sooo hard at your comment, thanks for your humor
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Nancy E 8 years ago
This will be a lifetime memory, but, the cost of $35,000 - $45,000 a person wouldn't be worth it to me. A fully custom climb will run over $115,000. There are also over 280 people that have died trying to make the climb; some still frozen in place unable to be retrieved.
Helping Panda 8 years ago
Nice pictures. It's a bummer two stupid people photobombed all of them...
Michel M. Prins 8 years ago
Now THAT''S determination! It's sad to see some of those comments below judging how they planned their own wedding. In fact, it is actually an amazing way to make the relationship stronger, like having confidence in each other, motivate each other. Maybe they also got mad at each other, but hey, that's also what can happen not and then. There are other ways to make it stronger of course, but climbing a mountain together out of their love for each other is still pretty amazing!
Jae 8 years ago
That's not on the Everest. That's Everest base camp. Everest is not the mountain seen from the EBC, as you first climb Lhotse. Hiking to EBC in Nepal is neither that hard nor expensive. I did it with couple of regular fit uni students. It only takes long due to the acclimatization.
Brian Stauffer 8 years ago
You are correct but of course that;s just not sexy enough for the headline writers. It's an amazing spot still.
Load More Replies... MysticalMan 8 years ago
Here are people sharing their happiness with us. That's what it is... happiness. I welcome it. Thank you.
Michael Blitch 8 years ago
Why are articles like this intentionally lying or so ignorant or lying about facts? "Couple Gets Married On Mount Everest" This couple was not, based on photos and details released, ever *on* Mt. Everest, as claimed. Base Camp is not on the mountin and in fact you are not on it until well past the ice fall. You cannot even see Mt. Everest from base camp, though it is seen on the ridge walking into EBC before you decend to the camp area. It definitely should not take three weeks to trek there if they start in Lukla or even Jiri.
Steven McMacken 8 years ago
Picky, picky, picky, Michael. Why are you trying to put down something pretty cool (and I mean that literally) by splitting hairs? It's apparent that they were taking a leisurely trek to EBC and even took a side valley or two for more photo opportunities—isn't that Makalu peaking up in the background of the 6th photo? It even looks like they went at least part way up Kala Pattar.
Load More Replies... Brianna Bastian 8 years ago
Hahaha, I just laughed sooo hard at your comment, thanks for your humor
Load More Replies... Nancy E 8 years ago
This will be a lifetime memory, but, the cost of $35,000 - $45,000 a person wouldn't be worth it to me. A fully custom climb will run over $115,000. There are also over 280 people that have died trying to make the climb; some still frozen in place unable to be retrieved.
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