Tenzing Norgay

Tenzing Norgay ˈtɛnzɪŋ ˈnɔːrɡeɪ Sherpa བསནའཛནནརརས tendzin norgyé May 1914 9 May 1986 born Namgyal Wangdi and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing was a NepaleseIndian 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