I just read an old article on Tenzing Norgay on New Yorker. Tenzing is one of the first humans to reach the Peak of Mt. Everest. The link is given below.

An article like this one on Jigme Palden Dorji would be nice, rather than obsess over who was “first” to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. An indepth piece on his inner and the outer journey.

For, a feat such as climbing Everest, or venturing into the unknown, is intimately personal – and rarely about the prize, or recognition. Something must have pulled, or pushed, our young Jigme there. Such a story would be inspiring and worth a read.

Tenzing Norgay, as the article says, wanted to climb Everest because a monk had once told him that Buddha lived on top of Mt. Everest. A devout Buddhist he felt the pull and made an offering when he finally got up there. The other reason is that he grew up near Mt Everest and saw Swiss expedition try and fail to summit it. So, as a boy, he vowed to everyone that he would go up there, or die.

The other relevant point that the article highlights is that while he was lauded and decorated in other countries, he faced jeolousy and envy among his own people. Sounds familiar?

😁😁😁

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1954/06/05/tenzing-of-everest?utm_brand=tny&mbid=social_facebook&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0SELqsSW9vP-ESzpqJrtxDs3mdo58IwsaSOAiiGCf0_h9f2K9M0HNBgMU_aem_AcfLoiXeU88RY1H8FlW3CXMdWu8CP4JG2FEiXp68tUMgZQS0jmTGWSynObfRAykxkFkkq-_aIcddPhLERl1GvyTH