Tenzing Norgay
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.
Filmography (12 titles)
6.8MovieBeyond the Edge
Self (archive footage) · 2013
10.0MovieHigh and Hallowed: Everest 1963
Self (archive footage) · 2013
8.1MovieBeyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Self (archive footage) · 2003
10.0MovieThe Race for Everest
Self (archive footage) · 2003
MovieNational Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain
Self (archive footage) · 2003
9.0MovieThe Dark Side of Everest
Self (archive footage) · 2003
10.0MovieEverest at Any Cost
Self (archive footage) · 1999
Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World
Self (archive footage) · 1997
5.5MovieThe Conquest of Everest 1953
self (archive footage) · 1997
7.2MovieThe Conquest of Everest
Self · 1953
10.0MovieHimalayan Epic
1951
MovieEverest 1936 - Ruttledge
Self · 1936