Two Nepalese climbers made history by marrying at the highest peak on earth, Mount Everest. Bride Moni Mulepati, 24, and groom Pem Dorjee, 23 exchanged their vows at the 8,850-meter summit on Monday.

However, mountaineering officials in Katmandu said they had no records about wedding atop the world's highest peak.

The couple was part of the Rotary Centennial Everest Expedition and scaled the peak with 45 other climbers. "We were there only for 10 minutes, just enough for us to get married and our friends to take pictures of us," the bride Mulepati told The AP Friday.

Temperatures at the top were so chilling and the weather was so unpredictable that they had to cut short the ceremony. The bride and groom for a short time took off oxygen masks and put on plastic garlands while the groom put traditional red powder on the bride's forehead.

The red powder solemnizes the marriage.

The couple did not tell friends or relatives of their plans beforehand, they will however hold a more formal wedding in Katmandu on a date yet to be finalized.

Family members were also quite surprised about this exceptional marriage. "We only knew they were going to climb Everest and nothing about the wedding plans.

But it is fine with us," The AP quoted Mohan Mulepati, the bride's father, as saying.