{"product_id":"tenzing-norgay-famous-book-by-nandini-saraf-tenzing-norgay","title":"Tenzing Norgay Famous Book by NANDINI SARAF: TENZING NORGAY","description":"\u003cb\u003eThere are conflicting accounts of Norgay's early life. The account he gave in his autobiography; accepted for several years; is that he was a Sherpa born and raised in Tengboche; Khumbu; in northeastern Nepal. In an interview with All India Radio in 1985; Tenzing Norgay says his parents came from Tibet; but that he was born in Nepal. Norgay got his first opportunity to join an Everest expedition when he was employed by Eric Shipton; leader of the 1935 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition. As a 20-year-old his chance came when two of the others failed their medical test. As a friend of Ang Tharkay (a Sherpa sardar who had been on the 1933 British Mount Everest expedition); Norgay was quickly pushed forward; and his attractive smile caught the eye of Shipton; who decided to take him on. In 1952; he took part in the two Swiss expeditions led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant (spring) and Gabriel Chevalley (autumn); the first serious attempts to climb Everest from the southern (Nepalese) side; after two previous US and British reconnaissance expeditions in 1950 and 1951. Norgay and Hillary were the first people to conclusively set their feet on the summit of Mount Everest; but journalists were persistently repeating the question: \"Which of the two men had the right to the glory of being the first one; and who was merely the second; the follower?\" Colonel Hunt; the expedition leader; declared; \"They reached it together; as a team. Norgay died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Darjeeling; West Bengal; India; in 1986; aged 71. His remains were cremated in the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute; Darjeeling; his favourite haunt.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Prabhat Prakashan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47474971607265,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/9033\/0593\/files\/5099473485530.jpg?v=1763463227","url":"https:\/\/perfectbookhouse.com\/products\/tenzing-norgay-famous-book-by-nandini-saraf-tenzing-norgay","provider":"PERFECT BOOK HOUSE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}