After Everest
work by Tenzing Norgay
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After Everest is a book by Tenzing Norgay, co-authored with Malcolm Barnes. Published in 1978, it details his travels and experiences following his historic 1953 ascent of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary. The book also covers his directorship of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling, India, established in 1954. Tenzing Norgay, a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer, became famous worldwide after reaching the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, on May 29, 1953.12
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