What is Tenzing Norgay?
{{Infobox mountaineer | name = Tenzing Norgay | image = Tenzing Norgay (cropped).jpg | caption = Tenzing Norgay in Sweden (1967) | birth_name = Namgyal Wangdi | main_discipline = [[Mountaineer]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|05|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Khumbu]], [[Solukhumbu District]], [[Sagarmatha Zone]], [[Nepal]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1986|5|9|1914|5|29|df=y}} <!-- see below for discussion of birth date --> | death_place = [[Darjeeling]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]] | nationality = Nepalese <!-- Please do not change -- (see source at [[:en:User talk:Racerx11/Archive 1#Tenzing Noray]].27s_citizenship)--> | start_age = 19 years | start_discipline = Porter | notable_ascents = First ascent of [[Mount Everest]], 1953 | partnerships = [[Edmund Hillary]] | spouse = Dawa Phuti (m. ? - 1944 )<br />Ang Lahmu (m. ? - ? )<br />Dakku (m. ? - ? ) | children = Nima Dorje, Pem Pem, Nima, [[Jamling Tenzing Norgay|Jamling]], Norbu, Deki & Dhamey | signature =Tenzing Norgay signature.svg }} [[File:Statue of Tenzing Norgay at Himalayan Mountaineering Institute.jpg|thumb|right|Tenzing Norgay]] '''Tenzing Norgay''' (May 29, 1914 – May 9, 1986) was a [[Sherpa]] climber. Norgay and [[Edmund Hillary|Sir Edmund Hillary]] were the first people to reach the top of [[Mount Everest]] on May 29, 1953. During his life he had several wives, as it is part of Sherpa lifestyle. Norgay was born in [[Kharta Valley]], [[Nepal]]. He died aged 71 in [[Darjeeling]], [[India]]. == Early Life == There are different views about his early life. The account that he gave in his first [[autobiography]], accepted for several years, is that he was a Sherpa born and brought up in Khumbu in Nepal. However more recent research has led to the claim that he was born a Tibetan in Kharta valley, Tibet, but his family were left destitute when their yaks were killed by disease, and he was sold as a bonded servant to a Sherpa family in Thamey in Nepal.