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‘A terrifying time’: NZ mountaineer Peter Hillary remembers Nepal‘s 2015 earthquake
A group of Peter Hillary's friends trekking down the blizzard after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. Credit: Supplied/Peter Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer Peter Hillary was trekking towards Everest Base Camp when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday, 25 April 2025. Almost 9,000 people died and more than 20,000 were injured. As the son of Mount Everest summiteer Sir Edmund Hillary, Peter said he had been trekking in the Himalayas from a young age and had experienced earthquakes before, but this was completely different. Ten years on, Hillary, who is also a Founding Director of the Australian Himalayan Foundation, spoke to SBS Nepali about the quake and relief actions that followed.
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