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Tenzing Norgay, GM (late May 1914 — 9 May 1986) born Namgyal Wangdi and often referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer who later settled in India. Among the most famous mountain in history, he was one of the first two individuals to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which he accomplished with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953.
For media files about the climb of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, see primarily Category:1953 British Mount Everest expedition.
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Date of birth | 15 May 1914 (before 1914, after 1914) Tengboche (Sagarmatha Zone, Kingdom of Nepal), Ü-Tsang (Tingri County, Tibet, 27°59′44″N 87°5′60″E) Namgyal Wangdi | ||||
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Date of death | 9 May 1986 Darjeeling | ||||
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This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Media in category "Tenzing Norgay"
The following 28 files are in this category, out of 28 total.
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12 January 1984 detail of Tenzing Norgay (cropped).jpg 365 × 1,192; 243 KB
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12 January 1984 photo of Tenzing Norgay.jpg 1,169 × 1,638; 929 KB
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Tenzing Norgay, 1953 - 2.jpg 340 × 450; 31 KB
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Tenzing Norgay, 1953.jpg 468 × 494; 40 KB
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Tenzing & Henderson.jpg 2,472 × 3,270; 1.14 MB
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Jean Buhler avec Tensing Norgay.jpg 1,180 × 1,772; 476 KB
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1963 reunion of the 1953 Everest-climbing expedition.jpg 1,024 × 717; 72 KB
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Tenzing Norgay (cropped).jpg 720 × 1,128; 382 KB
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Tenzing Norgay.jpg 732 × 1,170; 126 KB
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Jamling with Reinhold Messner.jpg 1,473 × 1,001; 375 KB
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Karte Mount Everest - Route Hillary und Norgay.png 1,000 × 931; 873 KB
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Mount Everest - Hillary and Norgay route - map-fr.svg 1,000 × 735; 1.03 MB
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Sherpa Tensing's visit to Snowdonia (1494240).jpg 1,280 × 1,250; 761 KB
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Sherpa Tensing's visit to Snowdonia (1494241).jpg 1,265 × 1,250; 825 KB
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Sherpa Tensing's visit to Snowdonia (1494242).jpg 1,263 × 1,250; 597 KB
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Sherpa Tensing's visit to Snowdonia (1494243).jpg 1,250 × 1,253; 586 KB
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Sherpa Tensing's visit to Snowdonia (1494244).jpg 1,252 × 1,250; 692 KB
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Sherpa Tensing's visit to Snowdonia (1494245).jpg 1,255 × 1,250; 659 KB
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Tenzing (cropped).jpg 761 × 1,129; 196 KB
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Tenzing Norgay signature.svg 585 × 196; 70 KB
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Tenzing.jpg 876 × 1,365; 248 KB
Categories:
- Sherpa mountaineers
- Tibetan diaspora in Nepal
- Summiters of Mount Everest
- Deaths in Darjeeling
- Men of West Bengal
- 20th-century people of India
- Mountaineers from India
- Mountaineers from Nepal
- Buddhist men from India
- Recipients of the Padma Bhushan
- Births in Tibet
- 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
- Norgay (surname)
- Tenzing (given name)
- 1914 births
- 1986 deaths
- Deaths from cerebral hemorrhage
- Recipients of the George Medal
- Recipients of the Order of the Star of Nepal
- Recipients of the Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations