Tenzing Norgay

Tenzing Norgay
	Norgay in Stockholm, 1967
Personal information
Birth name	Namgyal Wangdi
Main discipline	Mountaineer
Born	May 1914; Tengboche, Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, or Tse Chu, Ü-Tsang, Tibet
Died	9 May 1986 (aged 71–72); Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Nepalese; Indian;
Career
Starting age	19 years
Starting discipline	Porter
Notable ascents	First ascent of Mount Everest, May 1953
Famous partnerships	Edmund Hillary
Family
Spouse	Dawa Phuti (m. 1935; died 1944); Ang Lahmu (m. 1945; died 1964); Dakku (m. before or in 1964);
Children	7, including Jamling
Signature

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Tenzing Norgay GM OSN (/ˈtɛnzɪŋ ˈnɔːrɡeɪ/; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing,^[1] was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.^[2]^[3] He was one of the first two people known to certainly reach the summit of Mount Everest, which he accomplished with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953.^[4] Time named Norgay one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.^[5]

^ Norgay, Jamling Tenzing; Coburn, Broughton (2002). Touching My Father's Soul: In the Footsteps of Sherpa Tenzing. Ebury Press. ISBN 978-0-09-188467-3. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest — Sherpa Tenzing Norgay Nepalese Mountaineer- Information on Tenzing Norgay". tenzingasianholidays.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
^ Douglas, Ed (24 December 2000). "Secret past of the man who conquered Everest". The Observer. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
^ Morris, Jan (14 June 1999). "The Conquerors HILLARY & TENZING". TIME. Archived from the original on 16 January 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
^ "TIME 100 Persons of The Century". TIME. 6 June 1999. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[1] Norgay, Jamling Tenzing; Coburn, Broughton (2002). Touching My Father's Soul: In the Footsteps of Sherpa Tenzing. Ebury Press. ISBN 978-0-09-188467-3. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[2] "Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest — Sherpa Tenzing Norgay Nepalese Mountaineer- Information on Tenzing Norgay". tenzingasianholidays.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.

[The_Observer-3] Douglas, Ed (24 December 2000). "Secret past of the man who conquered Everest". The Observer. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

[4] Morris, Jan (14 June 1999). "The Conquerors HILLARY & TENZING". TIME. Archived from the original on 16 January 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2014.

[5] "TIME 100 Persons of The Century". TIME. 6 June 1999. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

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