Jamling Tenzing Norgay

Mountaineer

Birthday April 23, 1965

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Darjeeling, West Bengal, India

Age 58 years old

Nationality India

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1953

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

1965

Jamling Tenzing Norgay (born 23 April 1965) is an Indian Sherpa mountaineer.

1996

Jamling Tenzing Norgay himself later followed in his father's footsteps and climbed Mount Everest in 1996 with a team led by David Breashears that also included mountaineer Ed Viesturs and Araceli Segarra, an experience documented in the 1998 IMAX film Everest.

Norgay's book was the first to discuss from the Sherpas' point of view of the disastrous May 1996 climbing season, in which twelve climbers died.

It noted that little notice is taken when Sherpas die, but much attention is given when those lost are clients.

Norgay is an alumnus of Northland College.

2002

In 2002, he and Peter Hillary, the son of Edmund Hillary, were part of an expedition to climb Everest and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent.

Norgay went on to write Touching My Father's Soul, a book documenting his experiences on the summit attempt.

The book was notable for the frankness with which it discussed the relationship between the often wealthy climbers and the Sherpas who obtain their incomes from assisting expeditions.