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Tenzing Norgay GM OSN (⫽ ˈ t ɛ n z ɪ ŋ ˈ n ɔːr ɡ eɪ ⫽; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.
Jun 3, 2024 · Tenzing Norgay, Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer who in 1953 became, with Edmund Hillary of New Zealand, the first person to set foot on the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak (approximately 29,035 feet [8,850 meters]).
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Mar 3, 2013 · Learn how the first people to stand atop the world's highest mountain, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, reached the summit of Everest in 1953. Read the account of their historic climb, the challenges they faced, and the legacy they left.
Jul 17, 2023 · It’s May 28, 1953, and two men are standing at the top of the world. One, a farmer from New Zealand called Edmund Hillary, reaches out his hand in a formal gesture of congratulations. The other, known as Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa with an infectious smile, pulls him in for a hug.
May 29, 2013 · Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climb Everest - 1953 archive video. Archive newsreel footage reports how New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali climber Tenzing Norgay became the first...
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1 day ago · It traces the evolution of the Sherpas from unnamed individual porters to their recognition as mountaineers par excellence, sealed by the achievement of Tenzing Norgay on Everest on May 29, 1953.
The best-known citizen of the Indian hill town of Darjeeling, Tenzing Norkay, is in residence now, though unseasonably, for the year’s climbing in the Himalayas has begun and most of his...
