KATHMANDU: Three Sherpa brothers — Mingma, Chhang Dawa, and Tashi Lakpa Sherpa — have become the first three siblings and the first Nepali team to reach the South Pole (90 degrees).

The team will also ascend the Vinson peak (4,892M/16,050FT), which is the highest peak in the Antarctica continent before returning home.

Mingma and Chhang Dawa Sherpa held the Guinness World Record for the “World’s First Siblings to Summit all 8,000 m”.

Similarly, Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, among the three siblings, holds the Guinness Record for climbing Mt. Everest at the age of 20 without using supplementary oxygen.

The siblings have already scheduled a plan for the North Pole expedition in the Spring of 2022.