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Gyigyi

Gyigyi

Mount Qomolangma brought Gyigyithe true love of her life. And another mountain climbing took it away.

In 1999, Gyigyi and her husband Rena became the third married couple in the world, and the first in China, to scale Qomolangma together.

Rena was killed in 2005, when a rock hit his car on his way to the base of the 8,080-meter Gasherbrum 1 peak in Pakistan. Gasherbrum was the last mountain higher than 8000 meters left for Rena to conquer.

Gyigyi returned to Pakistan last July to climb Gasherbrum 1, the world's 11th highest, for Rena.