© Dirk Vertommen
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A marriage proposal that many women will envy. Sofie Lenaerts, police inspector from Kampenhout and presenter of ‘Kijk Uit’, received this from her friend Stef. At 8,000 meters altitude, the two became engaged. That’s what she told me Radio 2.
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The avid mountaineers, who met in 2013 during an expedition in Pakistan, recently climbed Broad Peak in that same country together. When they reached the top at an altitude of 8,035 meters, Stef pulled out the engagement ring, which he was carrying on a pendant.
They had already talked about it, said Lenaerts on Radio 2. “But I didn’t know it was really going to happen. It was an emotional moment. I was weeping and sniffling with happiness.” She said ‘yes’ almost immediately. “I am really looking forward to that wedding.”
In addition to getting married, another expedition in Nepal awaits the mountaineers. They will be going there soon. “It will be extremely cold and therefore extremely difficult,” she said.
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