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Tenzing Norgay GM OSN (/ ˈ t ɛ n z ɪ ŋ ˈ n ɔːr ɡ eɪ /; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, [1] was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.
According to Al Jazeera, investigators say the Sherpa guides were up on the mountain fixing ropes for climbers who were down at base camp when snow and ice started barreling down Mount Everest.
[21] [22] The Khumbu Icefall is a waterfall of ice with continuous structural shifts, requiring continuous changes to the route through the area [23] and making this is one of the most dangerous parts of climbing Mount Everest. Climbers have to walk on ladders over crevasses, while walking underneath large serac formations that could ...
Sherpa summiters of Mount Everest (42 P, 1 F) T. Tenzing Norgay (11 P) Pages in category "Sherpa people" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Phu Dorjee Sherpa was the first Nepali man and 23rd person in the world to climb Mount Everest. [2] He was a member of the third Indian Everest Expedition 1965 , led by Captain M S Kohli , which was the first successful Indian Everest Expedition .
The only woman to have scaled Mount Everest 10 times is making easy work of a steep hill in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park. On a blistering July day, Lhakpa Sherpa — whose remarkable story is told ...
Exclusive: Gelje Sherpa’s account of the 18 May rescue has received a huge reaction on social media. Now, the founder of one of the expedition companies involved breaks his silence to Maroosha ...
Kushang Dorjee Sherpa (15 February 1965 – 7 December 2024) was an Indian Sherpa mountaineer, who in 1998 became the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest from three sides. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In recognition of his achievements, the Government of India awarded him the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award in 2003.