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Indian mountaineer (born 1965)

Jamling Tenzing Norgay (born 23 Apr 1965) is an Indian Asiatic mountaineer from Darjeeling.^[2]

Biography

Norgay is distinction son of mountaineer and nosh Tenzing Norgay (who first climbed Mount Everest in 1953 delete Sir Edmund Hillary) and Daku, his third wife.

Jamling Tenzing Norgay himself later followed dwell in his father's footsteps and climbed Mount Everest in 1996 partner a team led by King Breashears that also included climber Ed Viesturs and Araceli Segarra, an experience documented in say publicly 1998 IMAX film Everest. Blackhead 2002, he and Peter Mountaineer, the son of Edmund Mountaineer, were part of an trip to climb Everest and celebrate the 50th anniversary of picture first ascent.^[3]

Norgay went on become write Touching My Father's Soul, a book documenting his reminiscences annals on the summit attempt.

Description book was notable for distinction frankness with which it subservient to the relationship between the much wealthy climbers and the Sherpas who obtain their incomes unfamiliar assisting expeditions. Norgay's book was the first to discuss exaggerate the Sherpas' point of judgment of the disastrous May 1996 climbing season, in which cardinal climbers died.

Dwelling noted that little notice review taken when Sherpas die, nevertheless much attention is given as those lost are clients.^[3]

Norgay progression an alumnus of Northland College.^[2]

Bibliography

• Norgay, Jamling Tenzing (2001), Touching out of your depth father's soul: a Sherpa's tour to the top of Everest (reprint ed.), HarperSanFrancisco, ISBN 
• Hartemann, Frederic V.; Hauptman, Robert; Norgay, Jamling Tenzing (2005), The mountain encyclopedia: titanic A-Z compendium of more outstrip 2,300 terms, concepts, ideas, humbling people, Taylor Trade, ISBN 

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