He dreamed of Everest while herding yaks in the Himalayas. šļø At 19, Tenzing Norgay left for Darjeeling and discovered mountaineering. After six failed attempts to climb Everest, he finally reached the summit with Edmund Hillary in 1953. But his journey didnāt end at Everest. For 22 years, he trained generations of climbers at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute. Tenzing Norgay didnāt just conquer Everest. He helped prepare others to follow ā¦
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