Is Tenzing Norgay Trainor related to Tenzing Norgay?

Is Tenzing Norgay Trainor related to Tenzing Norgay?

Trainor was named after his famous grandfather Tenzing Norgay, who was one of the first men to reach the summit of Mt. Everest.

Did Hillary and Norgay use oxygen?

In 1953, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Tenzing Norgay had to find their own way to the top – without lines or outside help. Decades later, in 1978, super-alpinists Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler accomplished the first oxygenless ascent of Everest.

Did Hillary and Tenzing remain friends?

Hillary placed a cross at the peak to commemorate the moment while Norgay left an offering of chocolates in the snow. While Hillary claimed that he and Norgay reached the summit together, Norgay claimed Hillary was up there first. However it happened, the men remained lifelong friends.