Tenzing Norgay conquers Everest - a podcast by BBC World Service

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay had tried to climb Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, six times before his successful climb with Edmund Hillary in 1953.

His son, Jamling Norgay, spoke to Louise Clarke about the spiritual importance of the mountain for his father, and how Tenzing Norgay saved Hillary’s life when he fell down a crevasse on the mountain.

(Photo: Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. Credit: BBC)

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