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Norgay

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Nor·gay  (nôrg), Tenzing 1914-1986.
Sherpa mountaineer who with Sir Edmund Hillary made the first ascent of Mount Everest (1953).
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The highest elevation in the world, it was first scaled in 1953 by members of an expedition including Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
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Since it was first climbed in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the 8,848-metre (29,028-foot) mountain has been conquered more than 3,000 times.
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