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Noun: Tenzing Norgay
  1. Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986) who, with Sir Edmund Hillary, became one of the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953
    "Tenzing Norgay's expertise was crucial to the successful Everest expedition"

Type of: mountain climber, mountaineer, Sherpa

Encyclopedia: Tenzing Norgay