Everest Day: Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in his grandson’s memory

When Tashi Wangchuk Tenzing Sherpa began accompanying Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, his sexagenarian grandfather (mother Pem Pem’s father), on a trek to the Everest Base Camp along with many foreign climbers, he did not know who the old man was. Tenzing Norgay Sherpa was just a ‘baaje’ (granddad) for Tashi; but this carefree teen used to […] The post Everest Day: Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in his grandson’s memory appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

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USNCA marks International Everest Day in New York

The US Nepal Climber Association Inc. has marked the 71st International Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) Day remembering the first successful summit of Mt Everest by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary in 1953.

Int’l Sagarmatha Day being observed today

KATHMANDU: The 71st International Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) Day is being celebrated here today by organizing various programs. The Day is being marked in memory of the first-ever successful summit of the world’s highest peak-Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953. The erstwhile government in 2008 decided to observe […]

Let’s Save Sagarmatha

May 29 is remembered and celebrated as a prominent day in the world’s history of mountaineering. The day is marked as the International Everest Day in commemoration of the first human ascent of Mt. Everest. It was on May 29, 1953 when Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary were successful in making it to the summit of the globe’s highest mountain. Seventy

New York street co-named Tenzing Norgay Sherpa Way on Everest Day

New York’s Queens street has officially been co-named “Tenzing Norgay Sherpa Way” on the occasion of the platinum jubilee of the first ascent of Mt Everest.

Dahal completes Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon in 9 hours and 29 minutes

KATHMANDU: Shambhu Prasad Dahal, Sipradi Trading Pvt. Ltd.’s Director, has successfully completed the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon. Dahal, 61, completed the World’s Highest Trail Marathon, the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon, in 9 hours 29 minutes and 14 seconds. Every year, May 29 is celebrated as International Everest Day. On May 29, 1953, Tenzing Norgay Sherpa […]

Everest Day marked in Germany

The Embassy of Nepal in Berlin, Germany, has organised a programme on Monday to mark the 15th International Everest Day, 2022. The programme themed 'Everest: Peak of the world, pride of Nepal' coincided with the completion of 69 years of the first ascent of the Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa on May 29, 1953.

Embassy of Nepal in Islamabad celebrates Mt. Everest Day

KATHMANDU: The Embassy of Nepal in Islamabad organized a program to celebrate the Mt. Everest Day at the Embassy in Islamabad on Monday. The program was organized to commemorate the first ascent to the Mt. Everest by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953. Ambassador of Nepal to Pakistan, Tapas Adhikari, congratulated […]

International Sagarmatha Day celebrated

KATHMANDU: The 15th International Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) Day was observed today at home and aboard by organizing various programs. The Day is marked on 29th of May each year in commemoration of the first successful human ascent of the world’s highest peak. Two climbers Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary had set a world history […]