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Nawang Gombu (1 May 1936 – 24 April 2011) [3] [4] was a Sherpa mountaineer who was the first man in the world to have climbed Mount Everest twice. Gombu was born in Minzu, Tibet and later became an Indian citizen, as did many of his relatives including his uncle Tenzing Norgay. He was the youngest Sherpa to reach 26,000 ft.
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.
Mount Everest with West Ridge sloping down over snowfield (center of image) with Changtse on left skyline and Lhotse on right (annotated image) On the 1963 American Mount Everest expedition, Jim Whittaker and Sherpa Nawang Gombu reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 1, 1963, using the conventional route via the South Col. This was the ...
Beyond the Edge is a 2013 New Zealand 3D docudrama about Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary's historical ascent of Mount Everest in 1953. As well as featuring dramatised recreations shot on location on Everest and in New Zealand, the film includes original footage and photographs from what was then the ninth British expedition to the mountain.
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.
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.