'Let's preserve Mount Everest': International Everest Day to be celebrated Australiawide

International Everest Day 2022 celebrated in NSW

Source: Bishnu Hamal/ facebook

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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