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    means you shouldn’t give up on anything and keep trying. Tenzing Norgay is an example,he was fearful of climbing Everest but held on and was the first in history to summit. Tenzing Norgay is one of the best mountain climbers of all time. Tenzing Norgay was the first person to summit Everest along with Sir Edmund Hillary. He summited during the John Hunt expedition. Norgay summited in 1953 at age 39. Norgay’s son Jamling Tenzing Norgay has also summited Everest. People die very often while attempting

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    Tenzing Norgay “With courage you will dare to take risks.” With bravery you will challenge yourself to the extreme. Tenzing Norgay risked his life to be the first to successfully summit Mt. Everest. Tenzing Norgay’s family estimated that Tenzing was born on May 29, 1914 in Khumbu, Nepal. Norgay was raised in Thami, Nepal with his 12 siblings. Tenzing was married three times. The first time he was married to Dawa Phuti and had three kids, Nima Dorje, who died at age four, Pem and Pem are

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    Tenzing Norgay was a well-known Nepalese mountaineer who set a record in 1952 by climbing 28,215 feet of Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. The following year he and Edmund Hillary became the first persons to reach its summit. Tenzing Norgay was born on May 15, 1914 in Solo Khumbu, Nepal, and he was born to be a member of the Sherpa tribe. Sherpas, for longest time have been known for their positive spirit, strength, and mountain skills. Sherpas were often hired to assist in European

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    change Mount Everest, by turning it from a place of enjoyment into a place of destruction. To begin, people love to complete missions, but their drive to do so can result in death. The text authenticates, “On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people known to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. In doing so, the men set a precedent that many climbers spend their lives trying to reproduce...Before Hillary and Norgay’s historic accomplishment

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    Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest. Ever since that event occurred, climbers have also attempted to reach the top as well. The mountain became polluted and has been collecting more piles of debris because of this. After Hillary and Norgay’s accomplishment, Hillary used his money to help the environment and encouraged mountain climbers to clean up their garbage. For instance, the first source states “He also demanded that mountain climbers

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    is all about the intrepid and enduring journey up Mount Everest, taken on by the courageous pioneers; Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary in the year of 1953. The poem itself uses various different types of language features to hook and intrigue the readers. ‘On they plodded, Martian-weird, With pouted mask and icicle beard’ in these lines the poem talks about the equipment Hillary and Tenzing used on their expedition. The author uses a metaphor to describe how they looked like during the climb

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    you know what it’s like to climb to the top of the world – 29000 feet up, in negative 27 degrees Celsius? Few people do, and two very special individuals in particular had the privilege of being the first to do so; these were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. These two men were the first to every climb Mt. Everest and they did it together. However, despite the hardships, adventure, and success they shared together, these two men have slightly different accounts on how the trip went. No doubt, of course

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    Everest along with Tenzing Norgay. Edmund Hillary along with Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa, were the first individuals to summit Mount Everest in 1953. “Sherpas were Nepalese who lived in the Himalayas near Mt. Everest and knew the mountains well.” (Explorers) Numerous individuals had attempted to summit the mountain since 1920. For 33 years, mountaineers had been trying to reach the summit, but Edmund and Tenzing were the first to be successful. Edmund Hillary together with Tenzing Norgay showed the world

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    though, about 240 people have died on the mountain. The locals call Everest Sagarmatha, meaning “Forehead in the Sky”, and it was first climbed in 1953. Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, a New Zealand veteran, and Tenzing Norgay, a Nepalese sherpa, were the first to summit Sagarmatha. Hillary and Tenzing took seven weeks to reach the summit on May 29, 1953. Since then about 4,000 climbers have attempted the deadly climb. But Hillary was the very first to do it. Many people think climbing a mountain is an

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    the additional removal of two tons of waste from the mountain." The people leaving trash leave it because they have a hard time bringing it down the mountain with them. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay meant no harm when they reached the top of Mount Everest. When Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest for the accomplishment. "Sir Edmund Hillary was not necessarily someone people would have expected to set such a monumental record on Everest. Though Hillary had

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