Tashi Wangchuk Tenzing () is a

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. His maternal grandfather,

Tenzing Norgay Tenzing Norgay (; ''tendzin norgyé''; perhaps 29 May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. He was one of the first two people known to reach the sum ...

, made the first ascent of

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on 29 May 1953.

Early life

Tashi spent part of his childhood in

Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Nepal, ...

, India where he attended St Paul's School excelling at distance and sprint running, soccer, cricket, gymnastics, karate, hockey and horse-riding as well as oil painting and

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. Tashi then went on to the

University of Delhi Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) ...

to gain a

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degree in Sociology. He established the Delhi University Climbing Club and studied at the

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI Darjeeling) was established in Darjeeling, India on 4 November 1954 to encourage mountaineering as an organized sport in India. The first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund ...

in Darjeeling. His grandfather, Tenzing Norgay, established this Institute after his ascent of Everest to offer professional climbing instruction. Tashi graduated from the Institute as an instructor and still sometimes delivers courses there as a guest instructor.

Career

Since leaving University Tashi has led trekking and climbing trips in Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan, Kashmir and the Indian Himalaya. In 1993 Tashi led the 40th Anniversary Everest Expedition to mark the 40th anniversary of the first successful expedition of his grandfather, Tenzing Norgay. While his team was successful in getting two members to the summit on 10 May, Tashi's uncle and climbing partner,

Lobsang Tshering Lopsang Tshering Bhutia (1951/1952–10 May 1993) was a Nepali Indian Sherpa mountaineer who died on Mount Everest and the nephew of Tenzing Norgay. His death made international headlines because he died on the 40th anniversary expedition of h ...

, fell to his death on the descent from the summit. Tashi himself missed the summit as well by just 400 metres, having to turn back with snow blindness. On 23 May 1997 Tashi reached the summit of Everest. In 1998/99 he spent 9 months working for the Australian Antarctic Division at Mawson Station in the Antarctic and now guides treks there. Tashi again reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in 2002. On 16 May 2007, he reached the summit of Mount Everest from the Tibetan side. Tashi is a contributor of SummitJournal.com, an international adventure and exploration project.

Personal life

Tashi was married to Australian Judy Pyne Tenzing, and they have a son and daughter. He later returned to Nepal and married a Sherpa woman called Bandi Nima Sherpa and now lives in

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and runs a trekking company "Tenzing Asian Holidays". In May 2013 Tashi Tenzing said he believed his grandfather Tenzing Norgay should have been knighted, not just given "a bloody medal". His cousin is actor Tenzing Norgay Trainor, best known as Parker in ''

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Summits

He is usually credited as Tashi Wangchuk Tenzing of Australia, sometimes with a note that he is Tenzing's grandson ;Everest *23 May 1997 *16 May 2002 *16 May 2007 ;Cho Oyu *9 May 2006

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