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| name =Jamling Tenzing Norgay<br />
| image = Island peak summit.jpg<br />
| caption = Jamling Tenzing Norgay at the [[Imja Tse|Island Peak]] summit<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|04|23}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Darjeeling]], West Bengal, India<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamling Tenzing Norgay Sherpa |url=http://www.tenzing-norgay.com/pages/jamlingtenzing.html |website=Tenzing Norgay Adventures |access-date=7 February 2021 |archive-date=27 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927075703/http://www.tenzing-norgay.com/pages/jamlingtenzing.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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| occupation = Mountaineer/motivational Speaker<br />
| children = 3<br />
| father = [[Tenzing Norgay]]<br />
| spouse = Sonam Yangchen<br />
| relatives = [[Tenzing Norgay Trainor]] (nephew)<br/>[[Tashi Tenzing]] (nephew)<br/>[[Nawang Gombu]] (cousin)<br />
}}<br />
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[[File:Jamling with HH Dalai Lama.jpg|thumb|262x262px|Jamling Tenzing Norgay with [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]]]]<br />
'''Jamling Tenzing Norgay''' (born 23 April 1965) is an Indian<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chhetri |first1=Aishwarya Thapa |date=16 June 2024 |title=A father's Everest legacy inspires mountaineer from India |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fathers-everest-legacy-inspires-mountaineer-nepal-rcna157143 |work=NBC News |access-date=30 December 2025 |quote=A headline on an earlier version of this article misstated the nationality of mountaineer Jamling Tenzing Norgay. He is from India, not Nepal.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Norgay |first1=Jamling Tenzing |title=Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest |last2=Coburn |first2=Broughton |date=2001 |publisher=HarperSanFrancisco |isbn=978-0-06-251687-9 |edition=1st |location=San Francisco, Calif |pages=277 |quote=I have my own citizenship and identity issues, although they may be less complicated than my father's, I was born in India as an Indian citizen, and I remain an Indian to this day. My quandary mainly concerns cultural identity. I've decided that I belong to both cultures, East and West, and both belong to me.}}</ref> mountaineer and author, best known for summiting Mount Everest as part of the 1996 Everest IMAX expedition. He was born in [[Darjeeling, West Bengal, India]], and is the son of [[Tenzing Norgay]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Jamling is the son of mountaineer and guide [[Tenzing Norgay]] (who first climbed [[Mount Everest]] in 1953 with Sir [[Edmund Hillary]]) and Daku, his third wife. He was born in [[Darjeeling, West Bengal, India]], and later attended [[St. Paul's School, Darjeeling|St. Paul's School]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Norgay |first1=Jamling Tenzing |title=Touching my father's soul: a Sherpa's journey to the top of Everest |last2=Coburn |first2=Broughton |date=2001 |publisher=HarperSanFrancisco |isbn=978-0-06-251687-9 |edition=1st |location=San Francisco, Calif |pages=xv}}</ref> After graduating, Jamling travelled to the United States to attend [[Northland College (Wisconsin)|Northland College]], in [[Wisconsin]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Norgay |first1=Jamling Tenzing |title=Touching my father's soul: a Sherpa's journey to the top of Everest |last2=Coburn |first2=Broughton |date=2001 |publisher=HarperSanFrancisco |isbn=978-0-06-251687-9 |edition=1st |location=San Francisco, Calif |pages=84}}</ref><br />
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He later followed in his father's footsteps and climbed Mount Everest in 1996 with a team led by [[David Breashears]] that also included mountaineer [[Ed Viesturs]] and [[Araceli Segarra]], an experience documented in the 1998 IMAX film ''[[Everest (1998 film)|Everest]]''. In 2002, he and [[Peter Hillary]], the son of Edmund Hillary, were part of an expedition to climb Everest and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0523_ADVeverest8.html |title=Everest Anniversary Team Makes Final Summit Attempt |work=National Geographic News |date=23 May 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020603173752/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0523_ADVeverest8.html |access-date=5 May 2011 |archive-date=3 June 2002 }}</ref><br />
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Norgay went on to write ''Touching My Father's Soul'', a book documenting his experiences on the summit attempt. The book was notable for the frankness with which it discussed the relationship between the often wealthy climbers and the Sherpas who obtain their incomes from assisting expeditions. Norgay's book was the first to discuss from the Sherpas' point of view of the [[1996 Mount Everest disaster|disastrous May 1996 climbing season]], in which twelve climbers died. It noted that little notice is taken when Sherpas die, but much attention is given when those lost are clients.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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[[File:Jamling-Tenzing-Norgay-with-Prime-Minister-India-and-Edmund-Hillary.jpg|thumb|262x262px|Jamling Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary receiving Everest 50 Years Award from Prime Minister of India [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] in 2003.]]<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{citation |last=Norgay |first=Jamling Tenzing |year=2001 |title=Touching my father's soul: a Sherpa's journey to the top of Everest |edition=reprint |publisher=HarperSanFrancisco |isbn=978-0-06-251687-9}}<br />
*{{citation |last1=Hartemann |first1=Frederic V. |year=2005 |title=The mountain encyclopedia: an A-Z compendium of more than 2,300 terms, concepts, ideas, and people |last2=Hauptman |first2=Robert |last3=Norgay |first3=Jamling Tenzing |publisher=Taylor Trade |isbn=978-1-58979-161-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/mountainencyclop0000hart}}<br />
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