May 1919
Birth of Tenzing Norgay
Birth of Tenzing Norgay, from a peasant family from Khumbu in Nepal, very near Mount Everest, which the Sherpas call Chomolungma
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Birth of Tenzing Norgay, from a peasant family from Khumbu in Nepal, very near Mount Everest, which the Sherpas call Chomolungma
Tenzing Norgay joins Earl Denman's unauthorised Everest attempt from the Tibetan side.
Tenzing takes part in two Swiss expeditions led by Raymond Lambert, the first serious attempts to climb Everest from the southern Nepalese side, during which he and Lambert reached the then record height of 8,599 m (28,215 ft)
Awarded the George Medal from the British Government for his efforts with the expedition
Founds Tenzing Norgay Adventures, a company providing trekking adventures in the Himalaya
Death of Tenzing Norgay
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