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9780071413091

Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest

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  • ISBN13:

    9780071413091

  • ISBN10:

    007141309X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-04-15
  • Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
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Summary

Authored by Tenzing Norgay's grandson and illustrated with scores of dramatic and historical photographs, here is an intimate look at a proud and enigmatic man, and the story of Everest from the Sherpa point of view.

Author Biography

Tashi Tenzing, grandson of Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, worked as a trekking and mountaineering guide in the Himalaya before meeting and marrying his Australian-born wife, Judy Pyne, one of the region's first female mountain guides. In 1990 they settled in Australia and established Tenzing's Himalayan Travel Centre. They collaborated on Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest. In May 2002, Tashi summitted Everest a second time, following his grandfather's footsteps.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary

A Note on Sherpa Names

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Mountain and Its People

Chapter 2. The Himalayan Club and the Tiger Medal

Chapter 3. The First Tigers of the Snows

Chapter 4. Tenzing's Everest Dream

Chapter 5. Everest 1952

Chapter 6. Everest 1953

Chapter 7. Tenzing After Everest

Chapter 8. My Quest for Everest

Chapter 9. Other Tenzings on Everest

Chapter 10. The New Lords of Everest

Chapter 11. More than Mountains

Chapter 12. Change and the Future

Sherpa Ascents of Everest 1953 - 2000

Brief Bibliography

A Note from the Writer

Art Credits

Author Biography

Maps

Overview Map of the Region

The Solu Khumbu

Mount Everest

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