Britannica AI Icon

Tenzing Norgay: Media

Nepali-Indian mountaineer

Images

Tenzing Norgay
Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay.
UPI/Bettmann Archive
Making history on Everest
Tenzing Norgay (right) and Edmund Hillary showing the kit they wore to the top of...
AP Images
Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary
(From left) John Hunt, Tenzing Norgay, and Edmund Hillary arriving in Britain after...
George W. Hales—Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
A historic climb
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay preparing to depart on their successful summit...
SuperStock/Alamy