Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Man Of Everest The Autobiography Of Tenzing by Tenzing Norkey Tenzing Norgay. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. It is not known exactly when, how, or under what conditions the young Namgyal Wangdi came to live in the Khumbu region of Nepal (near Everest), nor is it known when he took the name Tenzing Norgay. Among the ethnic Sherpas, immigrant Tibetans such as Tenzing are known as Khambas and have low status and little or no wealth. Tenzing worked for several years for an affluent family in Khumjung, and, as a teen, he ran away from difficult conditions and settled in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. At age 19, having married a Sherpa, he was chosen as a porter for his first expedition; in 1935 he accompanied Eric Shipton’s reconnaissance expedition of Everest. In the next few years he took part in more Everest expeditions than any other climber. After World War II he became a sirdar, or organizer of porters, and in this capacity accompanied a number of expeditions. In 1952 the Swiss made two attempts on the southern route up Everest, on both of which Tenzing was sirdar. He went as sirdar of the British Everest expedition of 1953 and formed the second summit pair with Hillary. From a tent at 27,900 feet (8,500 metres) on the Southeast Ridge, they reached the summit at 11:30 am on May 29. He spent 15 minutes there “taking photographs and eating mint cake,” and, as a devout Buddhist, he left an offering of food. After his feat he was regarded as a legendary hero by many Nepalese and Indians. His many honours included Britain’s George Medal and the Star of Nepal (Nepal Tara). Man of Everest (1955; also published as Tiger of the Snows ), written in collaboration with James Ramsey Ullman, is an autobiography. After Everest (1978), as told to Malcolm Barnes, tells of his travels after the Everest ascent and his directorship of the Field Training Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling, which the Indian government established in 1954. Tenzing: Hero of Everest (2003), a biography of Tenzing Norgay by mountaineer and journalist Ed Douglas, is a sensitive appreciation of his life, achievements, and disappointments. Sujoy Das | Photographs 1986 - 2021. Sometime in 1971, a young lad aged around ten years and his grandmother walked out of Das Studio, a premier photo gallery in Darjeeling. The boy clutched an envelope in his hand as though his life depended on it. The duo then walked past Glenarys, Keventers, The Mount Everest Hotel and continued down to Tonga Road. They stopped in front of a modest looking house and were greeted by the shrill barking of a number of small Lhasa Apsos. The door opened and my grandmother said “Tenzing, can you please autograph this, my grandson is a great admirer of yours.” I gazed spellbound as the great man signed his name with a flourish and then asked us in for tea. More than forty years later that postcard is still with me today – a cherished possession! The year 2014 marks the birth centenary of Tenzing Norgay and in all likelihood will pass unnoticed. It is generally believed that Tenzing was born in Nepal in a village called Thami, a stone’s throw away from the Sherpa capital, Namche Bazaar. In fact, he was born in 1914 in Tibet on a grazing alp called Ghang La, surrounded by emerald lakes and high peaks. Tenzing was the eleventh child out of fourteen of his mother Kinzom. His father Mingma was a yak herdsman and Tenzing spent his early years grazing yaks in the Kharta valley with the shadow of Everest looming above him. Many years later in Darjeeling, Tenzing named his house “Ghang La” after the alp where he was born. Sadly, his father Mingma lost all his yaks in an epidemic and with no work to be had in Tibet, the young Tenzing was sent to Nepal. Around forty five miles west of the Kharta valley, lies the high and glaciated pass of Nangpa La (18,750 ft) which was a trade route between Tibet and the Khumbu in Nepal. This was the pass which Tenzing crossed, when as a young boy he came to work for a sherpa family in the Khumbu. However, Tenzing had set his sights on being a climbing sherpa and realized that he needed to get away to Darjeeling – the base for all expeditions. He also fell in love with Dawa Phuti who belonged to a wealthy family in Thami. Dawa’s parents were against the match and so the two of them accompanied by some other sherpa friends eloped to Darjeeling around 1932. After the tragic disappearance of Mallory and Irvine on Everest in 1924, the British did not attempt the mountain for several years. In 1933 they returned to Darjeeling to select sherpas for the expedition led by Hugh Ruttledge. Lacking experience, Tenzing climbed the steps to the Planters Club to meet the selection committee. However, the “sahibs” dismissed him and he spent the summer tending cows in Alubari, Darjeeling. In 1935 he appeared again on the same Planters Club verandah hoping against hope. He spoke no English and gestured to the committee that he did not have any certificate from the Himalayan Club. He was asked to step out of line. But by a peculiar quirk of fate, Eric Shipton, the expedition leader, decided to hire him. Shipton describes the moment: “From one hundred applicants we chose fifteen sherpas. but there was one Tibetan lad. a newcomer, chosen largely because of his attractive grin. Tensing Bhotia.” Tenzing had never climbed before, but on that expedition he reached the Rapui La, 22,740 feet with Dan Bryant and Charles Warren. Tenzing says “No one taught me to climb. I learnt from experience on every expedition. I soon knew which climbers to watch." Tenzing was again selected for the 1936 expedition under Hugh Ruttledge. However the expedition did not have much luck and got as far as the North Col as the early monsoon had covered the mountain in deep snow. Bill Tilman who made the first ascent of Nanda Devi, with Noel Odell the last man to see Mallory and Irvine alive, led the British expedition in 1938. Tenzing excelled on this expedition making a carry to the highest Camp VI at around 27,200 feet for which he received the Tiger Medal, given to the most outstanding Sherpas. Tenzing recounts that he saw oxygen equipment for the first time, known to the Sherpas as "English air"! The war years ended the British expeditions to Everest. In the spring of 1947, a solo climber, Earl Denman arrived in Darjeeling to make a clandestine attempt on Everest and asked Tenzing to accompany him. Denman had no permit and his chances of success were bleak. Tenzing says “But I couldn’t say no. For in my heart I needed to go and the pull of Everest was stronger for me that any other force on earth.” Denman did not get higher than the North Col. Nepal had opened its doors to climbers in 1949 and in 1952 the Swiss attempted Everest for the first time. In a daring attempt Raymond Lambert and Tenzing reached 28,250 feet on the south east ridge when bad weather forced them back. The Swiss were back with Tenzing that autumn but strong winds and extreme cold prevented them from getting a little higher than the South Col. The British returned to “their mountain” in 1953. Tenzing had a forged special relationship with the Swiss and was reluctant to accompany the British. However he was persuaded by Lambert to join and so for the seventh time he returned to Everest under Colonel John Hunt. Before leaving Darjeeling, he confided to his friend Rabi Mitra that this time “it was do or die.” Evans and Bourdillon, the first summit party, made a Herculean attempt from the South Col and reached the South Summit (28,700 feet) on 26th May 1953. It was the highest that men had climbed. On 29th May 1953 at 11.30 am, history was made and Hillary and Tenzing stood on the summit of Everest. Life would never be the same again for Tenzing! Though Tenzing is primarily remembered for the ascent of Everest, his exploits in the rest of the Himalaya are worth recounting. He attempted, unsuccessfully, Tirich Mir (25,200 ft) in 1939 and Nanga Parbat (26,660 ft) in the autumn of 1950, where two climbers were lost. In 1947 he climbed Kedarnath (22,770 ft) with a Swiss team. In 1950 he climbed Bandarpunch (20,720 ft) with Jack Gibson on his third attempt and in 1951 he summitted Nanda Devi East (24,389 ft) with the French – a climb which Tenzing rated harder than Everest! The success on Everest made Tenzing a hero. He received the George Medal from Queen Elizabeth, while Hunt and Hillary were knighted. Pandit Nehru took a special interest in Tenzing's welfare and he was the first Field Director of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, a post he held until he retired in early seventies. On May 9, 1986 Tenzing suffered a brain hemorrhage and passed away at his home in Darjeeling. Sixty one years after the first ascent of Everest, it is more than fitting to recall Tenzing's words: "Like the Buddhist Wheel of Life, my own life had made its great turning. I was back with Everest - with Chomolungma- where I started; with the dreams of a boy who looked up from the herd of yaks. Only now the dream had come true." Man of Everest or Tiger of the Snows, Signed. Tiger of the Snows: Tenzing Norgay the Boy Whose Dream Was Everest. Burleigh, Robert. Published by Atheneum, NY, 2006. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover. Ed Young (illustrator). First edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. SIGNED by illustrator in English and Chinese on front free end paper. MAN OF EVEREST. The Autobiography of TENZING. James Ramsay Ullman. Published by Reprint Society. 1956, 1956. rpt. Fine pp320. 29 illus. Signed by Jan Morris. Near Fine. MAN OF EVEREST. The Autobiography of TENZING. James Ramsay Ullman. Published by Reprint Society. 1956, 1956. Used - Hardcover. Fine pp320. 29 illus. in original box. Signed by Jan Morris. in World Books unpc dw. Tiger of the Snows: The Autobiography of Tenzing of Everest. Norgay, Tenzing and James Ramsey Ullman. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Extremely rare first edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. In beautiful condition. Jacket is beautifully illustrated and intact. Pages clean and unmarked. In remarkable condition for its age and rarity. An incredible autobiography signed by the author! Truly rare gem. Library of Congress Number 55-7740. Signed by Author(s). Tiger Of The Snows. Ullman James Ramsey & Norgay Tenzing. Published by G. P. Putnam's, 1955. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover. hardcover. 1955 First Edition US. 294pp, light sunning to spine, VG in VG price clipped dw, signed by Edmund Hillary and Jamling Tenzing Norgay, son of Tenzing Norgay. The autobiography of Tenzing of Everest. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service. Man of Everest: the Autobiography of Tenzing. Ullman, James Ramsey. Published by George G. Harrap & Company, London, 1955. Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good- Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Red cloth early reprint of 1955. Flat signed by Tenzing to the ffep in English and Nepali with date. Bookseller stamp to fep, some tiny insect holes, rubbing to cloth extremities, softening to points. Frontis photo and plates. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author. Man of Everest : the autobiography of Tenzing. Tenzing Norkey Ullman, James Ramsey, Published by G. G. Harrap, 1955. Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Author signed 1955 George Harrap red cloth hardcover missing the jacket (front flap laid in). Note taped to flyleaf other wise unmarked. Tight binding. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal. Signed by Author. Man of Everest. The Autobiography of Tenzing. Told to James Ramsey Ullman. Ullman, James Ramsey [Tenzing Norgay] Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, 1955. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover Condition: F- Hard Cover. Condition: F-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. F-/VG. 8vo. original red cloth (leaf edges a trifle sunned & spotted, else clean throughout) in dustwrapper (edges rubbed with minor wear to extremities); pp. 320, with 50 plates & 4 text figures. A very good copy. [Neate U05]. Flatsigned on title page by Ed Hillary, who partnered Tenzing on the first ascent of Everest; a significant association. Association Copy. Man of Everest: the Autobiography of Tenzing. Tenzing & Ullman, James Ramsey. Published by London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1955. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Tenzing on the first free endpaper. First edition. Octavo. Color frontispiece; B&W photographs. Condition: minor nicking & chipping to DJ; small tape-repaired tear to front panel of DJ; minor rubbing to spine ends of cloth binding; previous owner's bookplate on 1st pastedown; else near fine in very good DJ. 320 pages. Signed by Author(s). MAN OF EVEREST. The Autobiography of TENZING. James Ramsay Ullman. Published by George C. Harrap. 1955, 1955. Used - Hardcover. 1st. Fine Copy pp320. cold. frontis. & 3 plates. illus. 4 maps, sketches page from autograph album boldly signed in black ink 'Tenzing 2/7/78'. unpc dw. MAN OF EVEREST: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF TENZING AS TOLD TO JAMES RAMSEY ULLMAN. (AUTOGRAPHED BY TENZING) Tenzing. Published by George G. Harrap & Company, Ltd., London, 1955. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good- Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Autographed by Tenzing on the front fly-leaf. Beneath the inscription is the following: "Dear . On April 16th, we visited Tenzing's house in Darjeeling. He graciously autographed this book, which we hope you will enjoy. Love, Jack & Marlise." Also laid in is a photographic postcard which is inscribed in the same hand: "This is a recent autographed picture of the whole family, excluding his numerous dogs which he brought from Lhasa, Tibet. Nina, the daughter on the right, sold us this card. Love Jack & Marlise. The card has been signed by Tenzing, his daughters Nina and Pem Pem and his wife Ang Lahmu. The book is illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. The book is lightly rubbed at the spine ends and corners and the top edge is foxed as is the interior inside boards and the photographs. Very good - condition. ; Color and black-and-white photographs; 8vo.; 320 pages; Signed by Author. Man Of Everest The Autobiography Of Tenzing by Tenzing Norkey. This Product Can Be Found In: � Everest, Khumbu. London, 1975, UK revised edition. 320 pp, b/w photos. Blue hardcover with some page yellowing and dust jacket. Fine condition overall. SIGNED by Apa Sherpa, history's greatest Everest climber. One of the most popular books in the Everest literature. Tenzing was on Everest 7 times, plus many other Himalayan expeditions. This revised edition sports a new title: Sherpa Tenzing Man of Everest , but it is the same as the original book. Tenzing Norgay: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, with some additions. Tenzing Norgay (May 29(?) 1914 � May 9, 1986) was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer. He and Sir Edmund Hillary were the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. Tenzing was not only the greatest Sherpa climber of his generation, he was also the first common born Asian of any nationality to achieve world wide fame. Tenzing grew up in a peasant family in Khumbu in Nepal, very near Mount Everest, which the Sherpas called Chomolungma. At the time he climbed Everest it was generally believed that he was born there, but in the 1990s it was claimed that he was actually born in Tshechu, now Tibet Autonomous Region, present-day China, but this was kept secret for political reasons. He was originally called 'Namgyal Wangdi', but as a child his name was changed on advice from a lama ('Norgay' means 'fortunate'). His father was Ghang La Mingma (who died in 1949) and his mother was Kinzom (who lived to see him climb Everest); he was the 11th of 13 children, most of whom died young. His exact date of birth is uncertain, but he knew it was late May from the weather and the crops. Later, he decided to treat May 29 as his birthday, as this was the date he climbed Everest. He ran away to Kathmandu twice as a boy, and eventually settled in the Sherpa community in Too Song Bhusti in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. He took part as a high-altitude porter in three official British attempts to climb Everest from the northern Tibetan side in the 1930s starting in 1935. Tenzing also took part in other climbs in various parts of the Indian subcontinent, and for a time in the early 1940s he lived in what is now Pakistan; he said that the most difficult climb he ever took part in was on Nanda Devi East, where a number of people were killed. In 1947,he took part in an unsuccessful summit attempt. An eccentric Englishman named Earl Denman, Ange Dawa Sherpa, and himself entered Tibet illegally to attempt the mountain; the attempt ended when a strong storm at 22,000 feet pounded them. Denman admitted defeat and all three turned around and safely returned. In 1952, he took part in two Swiss expeditions and teamed up with Raymond Lambert, the first serious attempts to climb Everest from the southern Nepalese side, during which he and Lambert reached the then record height of 8,599 m (28,215 ft). Lambert and Tenzing always knew that Tenzing could have summited on this climb, and Tenzing always regretted that he did not succeed with Lambert, a true friend, rather than with Hillary with whom he was never close. In 1953, he took part in Sir John Hunt's expedition, his own seventh expedition to Everest, in which he and Hillary became the first men to reach the summit. Afterwards he was met with adulation in India and Nepal, and even literally worshipped by some people who believed he must be an incarnation of Buddha or Siva. Tenzing and Hillary were the first people to set their feet on the summit of Mount Everest, but journalists were persistently repeating the question which of the two men had the right to the glory of being the first one, and who was merely the second, the follower. Hillary and Tenzing answered that question in characteristically different ways. In his book, Hillary described himself as the strong leader of the team, who not only was working hard making steps in the snow for both of them, but also had to pull Tenzing up those steps, and that Tenzing kept falling to the ground, extremely exhausted. Tenzing's account a few years later sounded very different: he stressed the unity of such teams and of their achievements, shrugged off the allegation of being ever pulled by anyone, but disclosed that Hillary was the first to put his foot on the summit. He concluded: 'If it is a shame to bethe second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame'. Recently his sons have revealed that Tenzing told them that he, Tenzing was first to summit, but Ed Hillary insists it was himself. Tenzing was married three times. His first wife, Dawa Phuti, died young in 1944. With her he had a son, Nima Dorje, who died at the age of 4, and two daughters, Nima and Pem Pem. His second wife was Ang Lahmu, a cousin of his first wife. They had no children, but she acted as stepmother to his daughters. He took his third wife while his second wife was still alive, as allowed by Sherpa custom, and with her he had his sons Jamling and Norbu. Other relatives include his nephews, Gombu and Topgay, who also took part in the 1953 Everest expedition. Tenzing later became director of field training for the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling. In 1978, he founded a company, Tenzing Norgay Adventures, that offers trekking in the Himalaya. As of 2003, the company is run by his son Jamling Tenzing Norgay, who himself reached the summit of Everest in 1996. Tenzing died in Darjeeling (now Darjiling), West Bengal, India in 1986. Man of Everest the Autobiography of Tenzing by Tenzing Ullman James Ramsey. Man Of Everest. The Autobiography Of Tenzing. Ullman, James Ramsey; Tenzing. Published by The Reprint Society (1956) From: WeBuyBooks (Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom) About this Item: Hardcover. Condition: Good. A slight tan to the page edges. Good condition book. Minor Shelfwear. No Dust Jacket. Good condition is defined as: a copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Seller Inventory # mon0016774805. MAN OF EVEREST - The Autobiography of Tenzing. Tenzing told to James Ramsey Ullman. Published by Reprint Society, London (1956) From: Roger Godden (Sheerness, KENT, United Kingdom) About this Item: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 320pp. 7.5 x 5.25 inches approx. First published by George G. Harrap 1955, this Reprint Society edition 1956. Illustrated with b&w plates. Dust jacket has 1 inch closed corner tear. Near Fine/Near very Good. Seller Inventory # 6109. Man of Everest. The Autobiography of Tenzing. 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The Autobiography of Tenzing. Told to James Ramsey Ullman. Ullman, James Ramsey [Tenzing Norgay] Published by The Reprint Society / World Books, London (1956) About this Item: Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Book Club. 12mo. original green cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed and bumped with slight wear to spine label; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 320, with 29 plates & 4 text figures. A very good copy. [Neate U05]. Seller Inventory # 017920. Man of Everest. The Autobiography of Tenzing. Told to James Ramsey Ullman. Ullman, James Ramsey [Tenzing Norgay] Published by The Reprint Society, London (1956) About this Item: Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Book Club. VG+/VG. 12mo. original green cloth gilt in dustwrapper (edges rubbed & a trifle frayed); pp. 320, with 29 plates & 4 text figures. A very good copy. [Neate U05]. Seller Inventory # 012404. Man of Everest. The Autobiography of Tenzing. Told to James Ramsey Ullman. 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The spine of the book is in strong condition and the dust jacket is generally unmarked. It has signs of previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. Items are in stock and will be shipped same day or next business day directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: The autobiography of Tenzing, the Sherpa who climbed Mt. Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary. Contains 29 b/w photos. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Adventurers & Explorers, Mountaineering; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0002186. Seller Inventory # 0002186.