Tenzing Norgay
- Schauspiel
- 20. Mai 1914 · Khumbu, Nepal
- 9. Mai 1986
Biografie
Tenzing Norgay (/ˈtɛnzɪŋ ˈnɔːrɡeɪ/; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. On 29 May 1953, he and Edmund Hillary were the first confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, as part of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition. Time named Norgay one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
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Filmografie
- Beyond the Edge - Sir Edmund Hillarys Aufstieg zum Gipfel des Everest · Selbst
- High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 · Selbst
- National Geographic - Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King · Selbst
- The Race for Everest · Selbst
- National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain · Selbst
- The Dark Side of Everest · Selbst
- L'Everest à tout prix · Selbst
- Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World · Selbst
- The Conquest of Everest 1953 · Selbst
- Die Bezwingung des Everest · Selbst
- Drame à la Nanda Devi
- Everest 1936 - Ruttledge · Selbst