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May 2022
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'Let's preserve Mount Everest': Internat...

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International Everest Day is celebrated in the main cities of Australia in the memory of the first successful attempt to scale the summit of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa on May 29, 1953. Dr Krishna Hamal from the Federation of Nepalese Community Associations of Australia (FeNCAA) spoke to SBS Nepali about the urgency to act on preserving Mount Everest for current and future generations.

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सगरमाथा आरोहणको पहिलो सफल प्रयासको सम्झनामा हरेक वर्ष मे २९ मा मनाउँदै आइएको अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय एभरेस्ट दिवस अस्ट्रेलियाका प्रमुख सहरहरूमा मनाइएको छ। 

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