International Everest Day 2023: A tribute to Tenzing Norgay

[{"selector":"#anim-b86085ff-59e5-4fa6-8e8a-7eed79aaf26f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":250,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-142f098e-310d-4b96-b8ed-aeae194df6c2","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-177.04918%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":250,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first mountaineers to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.

[{"selector":"#anim-b277b641-dd39-4097-acac-4fbd87e07e5f [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-37.943304634098936%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] International Mount Everest Day, first celebrated in 2008, commemorates their achievement and is held on May 29.

[{"selector":"#anim-f43f017d-69f1-490d-a016-61fdc39b4f94","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":250,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-789c2d6b-dd63-4f98-a2b7-d8cc5446f2db","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-177.04918%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":250,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Mount Everest is known as 'Sagarmatha' in Sanskrit and Nepali, and 'Chomolungma' or 'Mother Goddess of the World' in Tibetan.

Save time. Stay Informed with FYI: A short news app for working professionals.

[{"selector":"#anim-034168e5-231b-4324-9f4b-35a5c7abfb9e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-37.943304634098936%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The mountain was renamed in honor of George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India, in 1865.

[{"selector":"#anim-7cc3cbcf-1003-4def-9e46-e219f6e507bc","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":250,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-177b9098-9230-4ac5-aa59-f06f6a89ebd4","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-177.04918%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":250,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Tenzing Norgay participated in six Everest expeditions before successfully reaching the summit.

[{"selector":"#anim-9f37c53c-6b6e-4d03-886f-69fd5d89b311 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-37.943304634098936%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Norgay received numerous international honors including the George Medal, Order of the Star of Nepal, and Padma Bhushan, and a peak was named after him in 2013. Via