NORGAY, Tenzing.

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After Everest: An Autobiography. First UK edition, signed by Tenzing Norgay on the front free endpaper.Norgay (1914-1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, spent the first half of his life herding yaks. In 1953, he joined Edmund Hillary's expedition to Everest, becoming one of the first two men to stand on the peak. After Everest "focuses on the post-war Tenzing who, encouraged by Prime Minister Nehru, was instrumental in establishing the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling in 1954 to popularize mountaineering as a sport, as well as train sherpas for expeditions... Barnes has succeeded in conveying Tenzing's spontaneous enthusiasm, strength of character, and directness of mind" (Khorana, p. 39). An edition was also published in New Delhi in 1977.

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