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Tenzing Norgay

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Also known as Namgyal Wangdi, Sherpa Tenzing

Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)

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Tenzing Norgay was a Sherpa mountaineer from Nepal and India who lived from 1914 to 1986. He is historically significant as one of the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, making him a pioneering figure in mountaineering history.

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Khumbu, Nepal

Tenzing Norgay (/ˈtɛnzɪŋ ˈnɔːrɡeɪ/; 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. On 29 May 1953, he and Edmund Hillary were the first confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, as part of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition. Time named Norgay one of the…

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Beyond The Edge — Self (archive footage)2013
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 — Self (archive footage)2013
The Dark Side of Everest — Self (archive footage)2003
Hillary & Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World — Himself2003
National Geographic - Everest, Una Sfida Lunga 50 Anni — Himself2003
The Race for Everest — Self (archive footage)2003
Everest At Any Cost — Self (archive footage)1999
Hillary and Tenzing - Everest and After — self (related characters)1997
The Quest — Self (related character)1997
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears — related character1993

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: India
Place of birth: Thame
Place of death: Darjeeling
Child: Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Occupation: mountaineer
Languages spoken: Sherpa
Religion: Tibetan Buddhism
Award: Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
Sport: mountaineering
Image: Tenzing Norgay.jpg
Significant event: first ascent

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Commons category: Tenzing Norgay
date of death: 1986-05-09
topic's main category: Category:Tenzing Norgay
date of birth: 1914-05-29
partner in business or sport: Raymond Lambert
birth name: Namgyal Wangdi
cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
place of burial: Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
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manner of death: natural causes

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Encyclopedic overview

Tenzing Norgay (/ˈtɛnzɪŋ ˈnɔːrɡeɪ/; 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. On 29 May 1953, he and Edmund Hillary were the first confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, as part of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition. Time named Norgay one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

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