NANDINI SARAF
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<b>There are conflicting accounts of Norgay's early life. The account he gave in his autobiography; accepted for several years; is that he was a Sherp
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a born and raised in Tengboche; Khumbu; in northeastern Nepal. In an interview with All India Radio in 1985; Tenzing Norgay says his parents came from Tibet; but that he was born in Nepal. Norgay got his first opportunity to join an Everest expedition when he was employed by Eric Shipton; leader of the 1935 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition. As a 20-year-old his chance came when two of the others failed their medical test. As a friend of Ang Tharkay (a Sherpa sardar who had been on the 1933 British Mount Everest expedition); Norgay was quickly pushed forward; and his attractive smile caught the eye of Shipton; who decided to take him on. In 1952; he took part in the two Swiss expeditions led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant (spring) and Gabriel Chevalley (autumn); the first serious attempts to climb Everest from the southern (Nepalese) side; after two previous US and British reconnaissance expeditions in 1950 and 1951. Norgay and Hillary were the first people to conclusively set their feet on the summit of Mount Everest; but journalists were persistently repeating the question: "Which of the two men had the right to the glory of being the first one; and who was merely the second; the follower?" Colonel Hunt; the expedition leader; declared; "They reached it together; as a team. Norgay died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Darjeeling; West Bengal; India; in 1986; aged 71. His remains were cremated in the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute; Darjeeling; his favourite haunt.</b>
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Biography & Memoir
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Biography & Autobiography
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Adventurous & Action-Packed
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Publisher
Prabhat Prakashan
Month-Year
Jan, 2021
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9789386871817
ISBN-10: 9386871815
Language
Hindi
No. of Pages
7
Format
Paperback
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