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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.
May 9, 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]). After his feat he was regarded as a legendary hero by many Nepalese and Indians.
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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.
Jul 17, 2023 · Tenzing Norgay: The Mountaineer Who Refused to be Categorized. By remaining vague about his own biography, Norgay called into question the idea of nationhood and made a deafening point about actions speaking louder than words. Tenzing Norgay, 1953. Getty. By: Imogen Lepere. July 17, 2023. 4 minutes.
Jan 3, 2020 · By. Kallie Szczepanski. Updated on January 03, 2020. Tenzing Norgay (1913-1986) was the other first man to climb Mount Everest. At 11:30 am on May 29, 1953, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealand's Edmund Hillary stepped onto the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain.
- Kallie Szczepanski
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.
May 23, 2018 · Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986) was a well-known Nepalese mountaineer who set a record in 1952 by climbing 28,215 feet of Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. The following year he and Edmund Hillary became the first persons to reach its summit. Tenzing Norgay was born on May 15, 1914 in Solo Khumbu, Nepal, a member of the Sherpa tribe.
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