Still, today, heā€™s the most famous and respected citizen of the Indian hill town of Darjeeling. He spoke 7 languages, but never learned how to write.
He became an ambassador of Sherpa mountaineering, best known for being one of the two men who first reached the summit of Mount Everest.
At 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand, became the first explorers to reach the rooftop of the world at 29,035 feet above sea levelā€” the highest point on earth.
At that moment, Tenzing Norgay had no idea how his life would ultimately change. His story goes well beyond the Summit of Mount Everest.
Time would name Norgay as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
The Life of Tenzing Norgay
There are conflicting accounts of Norgay's early life. The account given in his autobiography is that he was a born in Tibet,
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