“Tenzing Norgay: (1914-1986) Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer, born in Solo Khumbu, he served on numerous expeditions before joining Edmund Hillary as sirdar, or organizer of porters. In 1963, he and Hillary became the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. A devout Buddhist, he left an offering of food at Everest’s summit.”
Excerpted from: Stevens, Mark A., Ed. Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Encyclopedia. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, 2000.
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