Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay (
May 15 1914 -
May 9,
1986) was a
Sherpa of
Nepal, a participant in many expeditions to
Mount Everest culminating in the first successful ascent, in
1953 with Sir
Edmund Hillary.
In 1978, he founded a company, Tenzing Norgay Adventures, that offers trekking in the Himalayas. As of 2003, the company is run by his son Jamling Tenzing Norgay, who himself summited Everest in 1996.
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