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The Record-Breaking Mountaineering Marriage
Married couple Nives Meroi and Romano Benet from Italy are record-breaking mountaineers
Nives Meroi and Romano Benet from Italy became the first married couple to scale all the eight-thousanders - the 14 highest mountains on earth - without using any extra oxygen. They have always climbed together as a team and they've been telling Outlook how it all started.
(L) Romano and Nives (R) on top of Annapurna Mountain, Himalayas
Credit: Romano Benet
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