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Jamling Tenzing Norgay with Dalai Lama. Jamling Tenzing Norgay (born 23 April 1965) is an Indian Sherpa mountaineer. Biography. Norgay is the son of mountaineer and guide Tenzing Norgay (who first climbed Mount Everest in 1953 with Sir Edmund Hillary) and Daku, his third wife.
Aug 3, 2023 · Jamling Tenzing Norgay, aged 46, describes the solitude of climbing like being on the moon, possibly discouraging those with lofty aspirations. He has a unique perspective, being the 10th member of the Norgay family to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
“He was my hero, and I wanted to become just like him,” Jamling Tenzing Norgay said of his father, a Sherpa who with Edmund Hillary was the first to scale the world’s tallest mountain in 1953.
In 1978 Norgay founded Tenzing Norgay Adventures, a company providing trekking adventures in the Himalayas. As of 2021, the company was run by his son Jamling Tenzing Norgay, who himself reached the summit of Everest in 1996.
May 29, 2024 · May 29, 2024. Nepalese Indian mountaineer Tenzing Norgay played an equally crucial role in the first successful ascent of Mount Everest. Despite this monumental achievement, his contributions —...
Jamling Tenzing Norgay Nepalese Sherpa who climbed Mt. Everest in 1996, an experience documented in the 1998 IMAX film, 'Everest' (2015). Jamling at the age of 6 had already scaled mountains in Sikkim with his father.
May 30, 2023 · Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first people to reach the summit of Everest. His son, Jamling Tenzing Norgay recalls the importance of the mountain in Tenzing’s life. Show more.
