Tenzing Norgay
Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. With Edmund Hillary, the first to summit Mount Everest, on May 29, 1953. Founding director of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling.
Tenzing Norgay
Ask Tenzing Norgay about Mount Everest, Sherpa life, and the 1953 summit. Climb the final ridge with the Sherpa who reached the top alongside Hillary.
Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. With Edmund Hillary, the first to summit Mount Everest, on May 29, 1953. Founding director of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling.
- Born
- 1914
- Died
- 1986
- Birthplace
- Tshechu, Tibet (now Nepal border)
- Nationality
- Nepal, India
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