Tashi Tenzing

Tashi Wangchuk Tenzing
Personal information
Born (1965-11-30) 30 November 1965 (age 58)
NationalityAustralian
Family
SpouseJudy Pyne Tenzing (m 1990)
Bandi Nima Sherpa
ParentsPem Pem[1][2]

Tashi Wangchuk Tenzing (Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤིས་དབང་ཕྱུག་བསྟན་འཛིན་, Wylie: Bkra-shis Dbang-phyug Bstan-'dzin) is an Indian-born Australian[3][4] Sherpa mountaineer. His maternal grandfather, Tenzing Norgay, made the first ascent of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953.

  1. ^ Tenzing and Barnes
  2. ^ Tenzing & Ullman
  3. ^ "Tashi Tenzing: In his grandfather's footsteps". The Times of India. 26 April 2002.
  4. ^ "Tenzing's grandson keeps date with Everest". The Times of India. 17 May 2002.