Twin Climbers

International adventurers and multi-Guinness world record holders, Nungshi and Tashi Malik have achieved several global gender iconic milestones. They are the world’s first female twins to scale Everest together, first siblings and twins to complete the ‘Adventurer’s Grand Slam’ (scaling highest peaks in all continents and skiing to North and South Poles). At 23, they were also the world’s youngest persons ever and the first South Asians to complete it. They are fellows of the Royal Geographical Society, London. The twins are qualified mountaineering instructors and graduates in sport and exercise from New Zealand. The sisters won India’s highest adventure award, the prestigious ‘Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2015’. On 23 Oct 2016, they were conferred ‘2016 Leif Erikson Young Explorers Award’ in Iceland given by the President of Iceland. They founded the NungshiTashi Foundation and India’s first Outdoor Leadership School. They were brand ambassadors for Mountain Hardwear, reputed adventure gear manufacturer in the USA and are currently global ambassadors for Forever Living, USA.