29 May 1914 – 9 May 1986
Known for:
- Being one of the first two individuals to reach the summit of Mt. Everest on 29 May 1953
- Recipient of George medal for his contributions in the Everest summit and recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
- Recipient of the Order of the Star of Nepal by King Tribhuvan in 1953
- Recipient of Padma Bhusan by Government of India in 1959
- Becoming the first Director of Field Training of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling
- Founder of Tenzing Norgay Adventures in 1978, a company providing trekking adventures in the Himalayas
- The highest-known, 3.4-kilometre-high (11,000 ft) mountain range on the dwarf planet Pluto was named Tenzing Montes
Notable climbs:
- Everest, 8848m
Photo Credit: Mpora
Additional read: Tenzing Norgay Sherpa
