Jamling Tenzing Norgay (born 23 April 1965) is an Indian Sherpa mountaineer based out of Darjeeling.[2]
Jamling Tenzing Norgay | |
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 Jamling Tenzing Norgay at the Island Peak summit | |
| Born | 23 April 1965 |
| Occupation | Mountaineer/motivational Speaker |
| Spouse | Sonam Yangchen |
| Children | 3 |
| Father | Tenzing Norgay |
Biography
editNorgay 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. 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. 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.[3]
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. 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.[3]
Norgay is an alumnus of Northland College.[2]
Bibliography
edit- Norgay, Jamling Tenzing (2001), Touching my father's soul: a Sherpa's journey to the top of Everest (reprint ed.), HarperSanFrancisco, ISBN 978-0-06-251688-6
- Hartemann, Frederic V.; Hauptman, Robert; Norgay, Jamling Tenzing (2005), The mountain encyclopedia: an A-Z compendium of more than 2,300 terms, concepts, ideas, and people, Taylor Trade, ISBN 978-1-58979-161-9
References
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- ^ "Jamling Tenzing Norgay Sherpa". Tenzing Norgay Adventures. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ a b Reuters. "Britain's Queen Elizabeth meets Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber Jamling Norgay, son of Tenzing Norgay, during a reception to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the ascent of Mount Everest in London". trust.org/Thomson Reuters Foundation News. Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
{{cite news}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ a b Everest Anniversary Team Makes Final Summit Attempt, National Geographic News, 23 May 2002. Retrieved 5 May 2011.