Tenzing Norgay
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Tenzing Norgay GM (May 1914 – May 9, 1986), often referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepal / Tibet mountaineer. Near his 39th birthday on May 29 1953, he and Sir Edmund Hillary were the first people known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
There are conflicting accounts about his early life. The account that he gave in his first autobiography, accepted for several years, is that he was a Sherpa born and brought up in Khumbu in Nepal. However more recent research has led to the...
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