Norgay tenzing autobiography templates
This is Sherpa Tenzing's son, Jamling Norgay's account of the IMAX climb to the summit of Everest that met with tragedy.
This handy Tenzing Norgay Fact File Template is ideal for guiding and structuring children's research about this fascinating man....
Tenzing Norgay
"Tenzing" redirects here. For people with the name, see Tenzing (name).
Nepalese-Indian mountaineer (1914–1986)
Norgay in Stockholm, 1967 | |
| Birth name | Namgyal Wangdi |
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| Main discipline | Mountaineer |
| Born | (1914-05-00)May 1914 Tengboche, Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, or Tse Chu, Ü-Tsang, Tibet |
| Died | 9 May 1986(1986-05-09) (aged 71–72) Darjeeling, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | |
| Starting age | 19 years |
| Starting discipline | Porter |
| Notable ascents | First ascent of Mount Everest, May 1953 |
| Famous partnerships | Edmund Hillary |
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| Children | 7, including Jamling |
Tenzing NorgayGMOSN (; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱསtendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Te