Tenzing Norgay
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Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay OSN GM, born Namgyal Wangdi and often referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer. Among the most famous mountain climbers in history, he was one of the first two individuals known to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which he accomplished with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century...
ProfessionMountain Climber
Date of Birth29 May 1914
CityKhumjung, Nepal
Tenzing Norgay quotes about
worry long mountain
It has been a long road. From a mountain coolie, a bearer of loads, to a wearer of a coat with rows of medals who is carried about in planes and worries about income tax.
mountain living-my-life climbing-mount-everest
I have climbed my mountain, but I must still live my life.
trouble everest climbs
If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest.