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{{short description|Indian mountain climbers (born 1991)}}
{{COI|date=December 2020}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2017}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Malik twins
| image = Endurance training for Mt Carstensz Pyramid.JPG
| alt =
| caption = Tashi and Nungshi Malik doing endurance trek at the foothills of [[Himalayas]]
| birth_name = Tashi Malik and Nungshi Malik
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|21 June 1991}}
| birth_place = Anwali village, [[Sonipat district ]], [[Haryana]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| other_names =
| occupation = Mountaineers/Explorers
| known_for = First female twins and siblings to climb [[Mount Everest]], [[Seven Summits]] and completed the [[Explorer's Grand Slam]].
| website = {{URL|https://twinclimbers.com}}
}}

'''Tashi and Nungshi Malik''' (born 21 June 1991)<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Up-Mt-Vinson-twin-girls-will-celebrate-as-if-boy-were-born/articleshow/45300921.cms|title=Up Mt Vinson, twin girls will celebrate as if boy were born - Times of India|work=indiatimes.com|date=27 November 2014 |access-date=9 July 2015|archive-date=1 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201100500/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Up-Mt-Vinson-twin-girls-will-celebrate-as-if-boy-were-born/articleshow/45300921.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> are the first siblings and twins to climb the [[Seven Summits]] and reach the North and South Poles and complete the [[Adventurers Grand Slam]] and [[Three Poles Challenge]].

== Personal life ==

The Malik twins (Tashi and Nungshi) originally hail from [[Haryana]] state, India.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/indian-sisters-become-first-twins-to-climb-everest/article4733688.ece | title=Indian sisters become first twins to climb Everest | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=21 May 2013 | access-date=24 May 2013 | archive-date=8 June 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608011218/http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/indian-sisters-become-first-twins-to-climb-everest/article4733688.ece | url-status=live }}</ref> They were born to an Indian Army officer, Col. Virendra Singh Malik from village Anwali [[Sonipat district]] of [[Haryana]], and his wife Anjoo Thapa. They settled in Dehradun after Col Malik's retirement from the Indian army.<ref name=fpj>{{cite news | url=http://freepressjournal.in/first-twins-ever-to-climb-everest/ | title=FIRST TWINS EVER TO CLIMB EVEREST | work=Free Press Journal | date=21 May 2013 | access-date=24 May 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610012052/http://freepressjournal.in/first-twins-ever-to-climb-everest/ | archive-date=10 June 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The girls attended several schools in the states of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]] and [[Manipur]], including [[Lawrence School, Lovedale]], near [[Ootacamund]]. In 2013 they completed graduation in Journalism and Mass communication from [[Sikkim Manipal University]]. They have a Certificate in Peace and Conflict Resolution from School of International Training in [[Vermont]], United States. In 2015 the twin sisters graduated in Sport and Exercise from [[Southern Institute of Technology]], Invercargill, New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allindoon.com/newsarticle/shownewsarticle/news/doon-bite-/4762-tashi-nungshi-malik-mt-everest | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623011648/http://www.allindoon.com/newsarticle/shownewsarticle/news/doon-bite-/4762-tashi-nungshi-malik-mt-everest | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 June 2013 | title=TWINS ON MT EVEREST - TASHI & NUNGSHI MALIK FIRST TWINS TO SCALE EVEREST | access-date=7 June 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://dehradunweekly.blogspot.in/2013/03/dehradun-girls-tashi-and-nungshi-twin.html | title=Dehradun girls, Tashi and Nungshi 'Twin Sisters', to scale Mount Everest | date=7 March 2013 | access-date=7 June 2013 | archive-date=27 August 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827111832/http://dehradunweekly.blogspot.in/2013/03/dehradun-girls-tashi-and-nungshi-twin.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

On 13 April 2023, Nungshi Malik married Avinash Jacob Varghese in her home town [[Dehradun, Uttarakhand]], India. Shortly after they moved to [[Invercargill, New Zealand]] where they currently reside.{{fact|date=August 2024}}

==Mountaineering==
The Malik sisters trained at the [[Nehru Institute of Mountaineering]] in 2010.<ref name=fpj/> On Sunday, 19 May 2013, they scaled [[Mount Everest]], becoming the first twin sisters to do so.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-sisters-first-twins-to-climb-mount-everest/392901-3.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621092824/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-sisters-first-twins-to-climb-mount-everest/392901-3.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 June 2013 | title=Indian sisters first twins to climb Mount Everest | work=[[CNN-IBN]] | date=21 May 2013 | access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/05/22/indian-woman-is-first-female-amputee-to-climb-everest/ | title=Indian Is First Female Amputee up Everest | work=WSJ | date=22 May 2013 | access-date=24 May 2013 | archive-date=19 June 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619001936/http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/05/22/indian-woman-is-first-female-amputee-to-climb-everest/? | url-status=live }}</ref> They were joined at the summit by [[Samina Baig]] and they placed the flags of India and Pakistan together to symbolise peace.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/551757/for-the-record-woman-climber-makes-pakistan-proud/ | title=For the record: Woman climber makes Pakistan proud | work=The Express Tribune | date=20 May 2013 | access-date=24 May 2013 | archive-date=9 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209091257/http://tribune.com.pk/story/551757/for-the-record-woman-climber-makes-pakistan-proud/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Everest+summiteers+set+slew+of+records+on+sunny+Sunday&NewsID=377096 | title=Everest summiteers set slew of records on sunny Sunday | work=The Himalayan Times | date=19 May 2013 | access-date=24 May 2013 | archive-date=23 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923175645/http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Everest+summiteers+set+slew+of+records+on+sunny+Sunday&NewsID=377096 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/samina-baig-became-the-first-pakistani-woman-to-scale-mount-everest-1369024237-1 | title=Samina Baig Became the First Pakistani Woman to Scale Mount Everest | work=Dainik Jagran | date=20 May 2013 | access-date=24 May 2013 | archive-date=9 June 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609015701/http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/samina-baig-became-the-first-pakistani-woman-to-scale-mount-everest-1369024237-1 | url-status=live }}</ref>

The twins participated in 'Climbathon 2013' where they scaled a virgin peak at 21000 ft funded by Indian Mountaineering Foundation in August 2013. They are also the first female twins to complete [[Seven Summits]], complete the [[Explorers Grand Slam]] and the youngest people to complete the Three Pole Challenge.<ref name="Records2015">{{cite book|author=Guinness World Records|title=Guinness World Records 2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f896CgAAQBAJ&q=guinness+world+records+2016+tashi+nungshi+seven+summits&pg=PA195|date=10 September 2015|publisher=Guinness World Records|isbn=978-1-910561-03-4|page=195}}</ref> On 16 December 2014, after climbing Mount Vinson in Antarctica, they became world's first twins and siblings to scale the 'Seven Summits' together.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jaisinghani |first=Bella |title=Haryanvi twins hit record by conquering Seven Summits |publisher=[[Times of India]] |date=18 December 2014 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Haryanvi-twins-hit-record-by-conquering-Seven-Summits/articleshow/45555686.cms |access-date=23 April 2015 |archive-date=10 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110123301/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Haryanvi-twins-hit-record-by-conquering-Seven-Summits/articleshow/45555686.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gusain |first=Raju |title=Dehradun twin sisters Tashi, Nungshi Malik first siblings to scale seven tallest peaks in 7 continents |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=18 December 2014 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/dehradun-twin-sisters-tashi-nungshi-malik-first-siblings-to-scale-seven-tallest-peaks-in-7-continents-231715-2014-12-18 |access-date=23 April 2015 |archive-date=3 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103163439/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/dehradun-twin-sisters-tashi-nungshi-malik-first-siblings-to-scale-seven-tallest-peaks-in-7-continents/1/407494.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:At Mt McKinley Summit.JPG|thumb|At summit of [[Mount McKinley]], [[Alaska]]]]

After scaling Mount Everest on 19 May 2013 they completed the Explorers Grand Slam on 15 July 2015 in just over two years.<ref>{{cite news |first=Bella |last=Jaisinghani |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Mountaineer-twins-first-to-conquer-both-Poles-on-skis/articleshow/47021397.cms |title=Mountaineer twins first to conquer both Poles on skis |publisher=[[Times of India]] |date=23 April 2015 |access-date=26 April 2015 |archive-date=25 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425061004/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Mountaineer-twins-first-to-conquer-both-Poles-on-skis/articleshow/47021397.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> They are the first Indian and South Asians to complete the Explorers Grand Slam.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indian-twins-complete-adventures-grand-slam-conquering-7-summits-2-poles/article1-1340333.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423145520/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indian-twins-complete-adventures-grand-slam-conquering-7-summits-2-poles/article1-1340333.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 April 2015 |title=Adventures Grand Slam: Indian twins conquer 7 summits, 2 poles |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=23 April 2013 |access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref>
In Dec 2015, the twins scaled Aoraki (Mt Cook) New Zealand's tallest peak becoming first female twins to do so.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/twins-peak-mt-cook-first|title=Twins peak: a Mt Cook first|first=Tracey|last=Roxburgh|date=7 December 2016|website=[[Otago Daily Times]] |access-date=14 December 2021|archive-date=14 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214014242/https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/twins-peak-mt-cook-first|url-status=live}}</ref>
In September 2019, Nungshi and Tashi led Indian 'Khukuri Warriors' in the ''[[World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji]]'' that pitched 66 teams of adventure athletes from 30 nations against forces of nature and against each other traversing 671 km of rugged Fijian landscape, ocean, rivers, lakes and jungles using dozen adventure activities. They became the first and only South Asians to participate in this global adventure race.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bear Grylls set to bring ''World's Toughest Race'' to OTT world|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/bear-grylls-set-to-bring-worlds-toughest-race-to-ott-world/1877333|access-date=2020-09-25|website=www.outlookindia.com/|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727065609/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/bear-grylls-set-to-bring-worlds-toughest-race-to-ott-world/1877333|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-01|title=Amazon Sets More Than 60 Teams to Compete on 'Eco-Challenge' Reboot From Mark Burnett, Bear Grylls|url=https://www.thewrap.com/eco-challenge-reboot-teams-amazon-mark-burnett-bear-grylls-worlds-toughest-race-fiji/|access-date=2020-09-25|website=TheWrap|language=en-US|archive-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930015318/https://www.thewrap.com/eco-challenge-reboot-teams-amazon-mark-burnett-bear-grylls-worlds-toughest-race-fiji/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, the sisters were awarded the prestigious Edmund Hillary Fellowship by New Zealand Government.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://stories.ehf.org/ehf-fellows-nungshi-and-tashi-malik-8c9f750c6f47 |title=EHF Fellows: Nungshi and Tashi Malik |date=11 April 2019 }}</ref>

==Seven Summits climbing details ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!No.<ref name="armadillomerino">{{Cite web|url=https://armadillomerino.com/blogs/champions/005-tashi-and-nungshi-malik-passionate-mountaineers-and-guinness-world-record-holders|title=Tashi and Nungshi Malik -seven-summits climbing details|website=www.armadillomerino.com|access-date=16 December 2021|archive-date=2 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102130216/https://armadillomerino.com/blogs/champions/005-tashi-and-nungshi-malik-passionate-mountaineers-and-guinness-world-record-holders|url-status=live}}</ref>
!Image
!peak
!Elevation
!Mountain Range
!Continent
!Date of Summit
|-
| 1
| [[File:Everest kalapatthar crop.jpg|100px]]
| [[Mount Everest]]
| {{Convert|8848|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Himalaya]]
| Asia
| 19 May 2013
|-
| 2
| [[File:Aconcagua 13.JPG|100px]]
| [[Aconcagua]]
| {{Convert|6961|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Andes]]
| [[South America]]
| 29 January 2014
|-
| 3
| [[File:Mount McKinley.jpg|100px]]
| [[Denali]]
| {{Convert|6194|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Alaska Range]]
| North America
| 4 June 2014
|-
| 4
| [[File:Mt. Kilimanjaro 12.2006.jpg|100px]]
| [[Kilimanjaro]]
| {{Convert|5895|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Eastern Rift mountains]]
| Africa
| 15 July 2015
|-
| 5
| [[File:Эльбрус с перевала Гумбаши.JPG|100px]]
| [[Mount Elbrus]]
| {{Convert|5642|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Caucasus Mountains]]
| Europe
| 22 August 2013
|-
| 6
| [[File:Mount Vinson from NW at Vinson Plateau by Christian Stangl (flickr).jpg|100px]]
| [[Vinson Massif|Mount Vinson]]
| {{Convert|4892|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Sentinel Range]]
| [[Antarctica]]
| 14 December 2014
|-
| 7
| [[File:Puncakjaya.jpg|100px]]
| [[Puncak Jaya]]
| {{Convert|4884|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Sudirman Range]]
| [[Australia (continent)|Australia]]
| 19 March 2014
|}

==North pole and South pole ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!No
!Image
!Pole
!Year
|-
|1
| [[File:Arctic Ocean - en.png|100px]]
|[[North Pole]]
|21 April 2015<ref>{{cite web |last=Kamal |first=Sara |title=Nungshi And Tashi Malik: Making Us Proud At The North Pole |work=Newsmakers |publisher=Women's Web |date=23 April 2015 |url=https://www.womensweb.in/2015/04/nungshi-and-tashi-malik-interview/ |access-date=16 December 2021 |archive-date=16 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216170848/https://www.womensweb.in/2015/04/nungshi-and-tashi-malik-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2
| [[File:Pole-south.gif|100px]]
|[[South Pole]]
|28 December 2014<ref name="armadillomerino"/>
|}

==Honours and awards==
[[file:President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Nari Shakti Puruskar for the year 2019 to Ms. Tashi Malik.jpg|thumb|President Shri [[Ram Nath Kovind]] presenting the 2019 [[Nari Shakti Puruskar]] to Tashi Malik on 8 March 2020]]
* Awarded first New Zealand-India Sports Scholarship to study Graduation in Sport & Exercise at SIT, Invercargill, NZ<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sit.ac.nz/Home/About-Us/News/Articles/ID/189/SIT-represented-at-Kiwi-Indian-Hall-of-Fame-ceremony|title=SIT represented at Kiwi Indian Hall of Fame ceremony > Southern Institute of Technology, NZ|website=www.sit.ac.nz|access-date=28 November 2017|archive-date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131084232/https://www.sit.ac.nz/Home/About-Us/News/Articles/ID/189/SIT-represented-at-Kiwi-Indian-Hall-of-Fame-ceremony|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Attended US Dept of State's 'Global Sports Mentoring Program' for emerging women leaders in sports in Sep-Oct 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalsportsmentoring.org/blog/sisters-nungshi-and-tashi-malik-are-inspiring-indian-girls-and-women-to-try-mountaineering/|title=Sisters Nungshi and Tashi Malik inspire Indian women to try mountaineering – Global Sports Mentoring|access-date=28 November 2017|archive-date=7 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907170821/https://globalsportsmentoring.org/blog/sisters-nungshi-and-tashi-malik-are-inspiring-indian-girls-and-women-to-try-mountaineering/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/feature/article/17588419/sisters-nungshi-tashi-malik-inspiring-indian-girls-women-try-mountaineering|title=Sisters Nungshi and Tashi Malik are inspiring Indian girls and women to try mountaineering|date=19 September 2016|access-date=28 November 2017|archive-date=7 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907212756/http://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/feature/article/17588419/sisters-nungshi-tashi-malik-inspiring-indian-girls-women-try-mountaineering|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Conferred India's highest adventure honour '[[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]]' 2015 by the President of India on 29 August 2016<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Tashi-Nungshi-to-get-National-Adventure-Sports-Award/articleshow/53878587.cms|title=Tashi-Nungshi to get National Adventure Sports Award - Times of India|work=indiatimes.com|date=26 August 2016 |access-date=6 September 2016|archive-date=27 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827224813/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Tashi-Nungshi-to-get-National-Adventure-Sports-Award/articleshow/53878587.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sport/mountaineer-harbhajan-gets-tenzing-norgay-award/287647.html | title=Mountaineer Harbhajan gets Tenzing Norgay award | access-date=6 September 2016 | archive-date=2 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902171220/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sport/mountaineer-harbhajan-gets-tenzing-norgay-award/287647.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 2016 they were awarded the [[Leif Erikson Awards|Leif Erikson Young Explorers Award]] in Iceland by president [[Guðni Th. Jóhannesson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/dehradun/everest-twins-bag-leif-erikson-explorer-award-in-iceland/story-uXS56KCiLjaezsrtrrZv8K.html|title='Everest twins' bag Leif Erikson Explorer Award in Iceland|date=29 October 2016|access-date=5 June 2019|archive-date=13 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213081825/http://www.hindustantimes.com/dehradun/everest-twins-bag-leif-erikson-explorer-award-in-iceland/story-uXS56KCiLjaezsrtrrZv8K.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*They were awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] in 2020.

==See also==
*[[Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise]]
*[[List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit]]
*[[List of Mount Everest records of India]]
*[[List of Mount Everest records]]
*[https://gyankibaatein.in/what-is-the-height-of-mount-everest/ Height of Mount Everest]

==References==
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*[https://books.google.com/books?id=rBd4BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT152 ''Guinness World Records 2015'', page 152]

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