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Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Tenzing Norgay (29 May 1914 – 9 May 1986), referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer. Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Hillary took the famous photo of Tenzing posing with his ice-axe, according to Tenzing's autobiography Man of Everest, when Tenzing offered to take Hillary's photograph Hillary declined:.
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Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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Tenzing Norgay (29 May 1914 – 9 May 1986), referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer. Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Hillary took the famous photo of Tenzing posing with his ice-axe, according to Tenzing's autobiography Man of Everest, when Tenzing offered to take Hillary's photograph Hillary declined:
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