My mountain did seem to me
A life-less thing of rock and ice,
But warm and friendly and living.
She was a mother hen, and the other
Mountains were chicks under
Her wings.
@ Tenzing Norgay Nepali Sherpa
(1914-1986)
Bio:
Tenzing was born in the village of Thami, probably in 1915, the exact date of his birth is uncertain. Like a number of other Sherpas at that time he moved to Darjeeling in India as a young man, and it was there that he was chosen as a member of the team of Sherpa porters for the 1933 British expedition to Everest. He took part in further attempts on the mountain from Tibet in the pre-war years, and in 1949 when the Nepalese Government opened its frontiers to foreigners Tenzing was engaged by several other expeditions in the Himalayas including reconnaissances of Everest by its southern approaches. He was Sirdar - leader - to Eric Shipton’s team on Everest in 1951 and on Cho Oyu in 1952.
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