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Tenzing Norgay

1914–1986 · 20th century · Also known as Sherpa Tenzing

Tenzing Norgay was a Sherpa mountaineer who, with Edmund Hillary, made the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953, as a member of a British expedition led by John Hunt. He had taken part in several earlier Everest expeditions. Based in Darjeeling, he became the first director of field training at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute.

Tenzing Norgay
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