They met on Valentine's Day while hiking in the Himalayas -- and their love story is still ongoing 26 years later.
It was Valentine's Day 1996 when Lee Green walked into a mountain lodge in Nepal, surrounded by the snowcapped Himalayas, and encountered Mandy Halse for the first time.
Green, a mailman from the English town of Coventry, was traveling Nepal on a career break with colleague and good friend Murray. The two men had originally intended to use their sabbatical to embark on a cycle ride from the UK to India, but had abandoned the plan after just 200 miles, realizing navigating northern Europe in winter on bike was going to take too long.
When Green's group entered the teahouse, they were warmly greeted by Halse and the other travelers. The backpackers ended up chatting through the night, playing cards by candlelight.The travelers spent a couple of days there, before continuing as a group onto the next leg of the trek. So began another two weeks of walking -- and it was in this period that Halse and Green started to grow closer.
They shared their first kiss on February 29, 1996, a leap year. From that day onwards, they were inseparable. A couple of days in, it looked like Halse's passport would be arriving sooner rather than later. With no internet or cellphones to convey the news, Halse scribbled a hand-written note updating Green, letting him know she'd be hot on his heels before long.
From there, they headed to the 5,357-meter Gokyo Ri peak, because Kirsty had read that the view of Everest was more impressive and that the trail didn't have as many trekkers. It turned out to be a highlight of the trip. They reunited with Kirsty in the southern India state of Kerala, and again at Agra to visit the Taj Mahal. The trio traveled together to New Delhi, before Kirsty parted ways again.
"This was the amazing thing -- two people from the other side of the world met halfway, and were going in the same direction and heading to the same place," says Green. Then Halse had to return down under -- her brother was getting married in Australia, and her grandparents were celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary in New Zealand.
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