Tenzing Norgay was born on May 15, 1914 in Solo Khumbu, Nepal. He was married to Dawa Phuti, Ang Lahmu and Dakku. He died on May 9, 1986 in Darjeeling, India.
If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.
If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest.
It has been a long road. From a mountain coolie, a bearer of loads, to a wearer of a coat with rows of medals who is carried about in planes and worries about income tax.
I needed to go... the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth.
To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live.