There was much controversy and political intrigue after Tenzing's summit of Everest, as the Nepalese government wanted him to claim he was Nepalese and the Indian government wanted him to say he ...
Tenzing Norgay When Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest in 1953 with New Zealander Edmund Hillary, he had no idea how his life would change. From that moment on, Tenzing became an ...