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[[ | {{Infobox Individual | ||
|aka = Sherpa Tenzing<br>Tensing | |||
|species = Human | |||
|origin = [[Tibet]] | |||
|job = Explorer | |||
|job2 = sherpa | |||
|first mention cs = The Dying Days (TV story) | |||
|first cs = Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book) | |||
}} | |||
'''Norgay Tenzing''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)|ed=2011 reprint|page=348|name="encyclopedia"}}) also known as '''Tensing''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)|chaptnum=Three|chaptname=Return to Mars|name="dying"}}) was a [[Tibet]]an [[explorer]] and [[sherpa]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|name="encyclopedia"}}) who was famous for climbing [[Mount Everest]] with [[Edmund Hillary]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|name="dying"}}) Due to being a sherpa he had the nickname "'''Sherpa Tenzing'''". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|name="encyclopedia"}}) | |||
== Biography == | |||
Originating from [[Tibet]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|name="encyclopedia"}}) he and [[Edmund Hillary]] climbed [[Mount Everest]]; Tensing was the first person to reach the summit of Everest. The [[Eighth Doctor]] later claimed that he remembered Tensing's feat as he had pulled him up, with Hillary joining them a half-minute later. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|name="dying"}}) | |||
=== Legacy === | |||
In [[1997]], of speaking about humanity's return to [[Mars]] and the original planting of the [[Union Flag]] upon [[Olympus Mons]], [[David Staines]] referenced the first climb of [[Mount Everest]]; the [[Eighth Doctor]] quietly clarified the claim to [[Bernice Summerfield]], claiming he had in fact been there at the summit. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}}) | |||
In [[2011]], inside [[Rowbarton House]], [[Elsie Rossiter|Mrs Rossiter]] told [[Rory Williams]] she would be like Sherpa Tensing when she got her [[knee]] replacements. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Night Terrors (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|name="encyclopedia"}}) | |||
[[Category:Explorers from the real world]] | [[Category:Explorers from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Tibet residents]] | |||
