Tenzing Norgay
1914-1986
Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer who, with Sir Edmund Hillary, was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world. Norgay was born and spent his earl...
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Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986) was a well-known Nepalese mountaineer who set a record in 1952 by climbing 28,215 feet of Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. The following year he and Edmund Hi...
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