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Tetraplegic Kiwis reach Mt Everest base camp

Sixty years after compatriot Edmund Hillary scaled the Mount Everest, three New Zealand tetraplegics reached the base camp in the Himalayas yesterday.

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Catriona Williams, Neil Cudby and Rob Creagh made the climb using hand-bikes as part of a 1,000-km ride across 10 Himalayan passes, some above 5,000 metres in altitude.

The project has been a year in the planning and has involved intensive training including with the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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