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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.
Mar 3, 2013 · Edmund Hillary (left) and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the 29,035-foot summit of Everest on May 29, 1953, becoming the first people to stand atop the world's highest mountain.
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]).
Jul 17, 2023 · Learn about the life and achievements of Tenzing Norgay, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953. Discover how he challenged the notions of national identity, religion, and heroism with his enigmatic personality and actions.
Learn about the life and achievements of Tenzing Norgay, one of the first two people to stand on Mount Everest's summit in 1953. Discover his early years, his expeditions with the British and Swiss, and his legacy as a Sherpa pioneer.
May 3, 2022 · Tenzing Norgay (May 15, 1914 – May 9, 1986) was a Tibetan climber. Along with New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary, Norgay was one of the first two people to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest (8,848 meters), on May 29, 1953.
Nepalese Indian mountaineer Tenzing Norgay played an equally crucial role in the first successful ascent of Mount Everest. Despite this monumental achievement, his contributions — and the ...
