A couple from California spent three weeks trekking up to a Mount Everest base camp at 17,000 feet above sea level in order to get married. They even took their wedding photographer along.
Charleton Churchil documented everything from the climb up, to the moment the couple tied the knot and the results are a series of stunning pictures – quite unlike anything you may have seen before.
James Sissom, 35, and Ashley Schmieder, 32, tell Daily Mail “a traditional wedding was not the right fit” for them. So, instead, the adventurous couple spent a year planning the trip, braved freezing temperatures, gruelling terrain and altitude sickness on their way to Everest Base Camp, where they exchanged vows on March 16, 2017.
Their wedding photographer was in Nepal when the a powerful earthquake, the country’s worst in 80 years, hit on April 25, 2015. “I wasn’t sure if I would find another couple to get married on Everest anytime soon,” writes Mr Churchill in his blog.
Never in his wildest dreams did he think he would return to Nepal, that is, until the bride-to-be reached out to him on Instagram.
The three of them, all outdoor enthusiasts, spent nearly a year training for the trek up Mount Everest.
