1986-05-09
1914-05-20112 years, 5 months, and 18 days old
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Place of birth:
Khumbu, Nepal
Adult:
No
Gender:
Male
Biography
Tenzing Norgay (/ˈtɛnzɪŋ ˈnɔːrɡeɪ/; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. On 29 May 1953, he and Edmund Hillary were the first confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, as part of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition. Time named Norgay one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Images Gallery
Best Credits: 13
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The Dark Side of Everest | Self (archive footage) | 9 | 2003-01-01 | 0.6754 | ||
Himalayan Epic | 10 | 1951-04-18 | 0.5141 | |||
Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World | Self (archive footage) | 10 | 1997-11-10 | 0.7311 | ||
National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain | Self (archive footage) | 0 | 2003-05-06 | 0.6609 | ||
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King | Self (archive footage) | 8.1 | 2003-12-12 | 1.0676 | ||
The Conquest of Everest | Self | 7.2 | 1953-12-09 | 0.9279 | ||
The Race for Everest | Self (archive footage) | 10 | 2003-05-27 | 0.4986 | ||
Everest at Any Cost | Self (archive footage) | 10 | 1999-01-01 | 0.5964 | ||
Beyond the Edge | Self (archive footage) | 6.8 | 2013-10-24 | 0.8775 | ||
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 | Self (archive footage) | 10 | 2013-09-19 | 0.6249 |
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