#Tenzing Norgay

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EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning producers See-Saw Films (The King’s Speech) are gearing up on Tenzing, about the inspirational life of Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and his summit of Mount Everest in 1953 alongside fellow outsider New Zealander Edmund Hillary.

A search is currently underway to cast the lead role of Tenzing Norgay who will star alongside BAFTA-nominated Tom Hiddleston (Loki) as Sir Edmund Hillary, and Oscar winner Willem Dafoe (Poor Things) as the English expedition leader, Colonel John Hunt.

Tenzing comes from filmmaker Jennifer Peedom who has the exclusive rights to tell Tenzing’s story via his family and has a close relationship with the Sherpa community after making acclaimed documentary Sherpa.

Script comes from Oscar-nominated Luke Davies (Lion) and producers are Liz Watts, Emile Sherman and Iain Canning for See-Saw Films, alongside Jennifer Peedom and Luke Davies. Executive producers are Simon Gillis, David Michôd and Norbu Tenzing.

Tibetan born Tenzing Norgay, alongside New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary, both outsiders on a British Expedition, defied insurmountable odds to achieve what was once thought impossible, reaching the summit of the world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest. After six previous attempts, Tenzing risked everything for one final venture. He had to navigate treacherous politics and perilous weather as he embarked on the most significant climb of his life. Through it all, he did so with humor, warmth, and generosity towards his fellow climbers, but also deep reverence and respect for the sacred Mother Goddess of his Mountain, Chomolungma.

This will be one of the hot projects at next week’s Cannes market where Rocket Science will be handling international sales in partnership with Cross City Films, See-Saw’s in-house sales arm. UTA Independent Film Group and Cross City Films are co-repping the U.S. sale. We understand filming is being lined up for spring 2025.

Peedom, known for her intimate portraits against epic landscapes, including documentaries Solo, Sherpa and Mountain, said: “I could not be more thrilled to be bringing Tenzing Norgay’s story to the screen. I’ve been working towards this film my whole career, and I’m incredibly grateful to Tenzing’s family for entrusting me with it. I am excited to work with See-Saw Films and our amazing cast to bring this story to life. Tom Hiddleston and Willem Dafoe are two of the most generous and talented actors in the business, so pairing them with our brilliant Himalayan cast is going to be electric. I have no doubt this film will resonate widely. We all have our own mountains to climb, and this film shows us what human beings are truly capable of.”

Producers Emile Sherman and Iain Canning added: “We are so excited to embark on this exhilarating ascent led by one of the most inspirational directors we’ve encountered, Jennifer Peedom. Her award-winning experience in the world of high-altitude filmmaking, alongside her unique relationship with the Sherpa community and her masterful storytelling skills make her the perfect director for this film.”

Norbu Tenzing, son of Tenzing Norgay, commented: “Jen is somebody who has earned the respect of our people, understands the community, and is deeply immersed in our culture. She’s a great human being and someone that we trust, and she has had a lifelong interest in the story of my father Tenzing Norgay. I am delighted that she has taken on this project and can’t wait for the world to see who my father was.”

Hiddleston is represented by UTA, Hamilton Hodell, and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole. Willem Dafoe is represented by WME, The Artist Partnership, and Circle of Confusion.

[zingaplanet]

Here's your incredible friendship story of the day:

In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first two people to ever summit the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. Before the commercialised hiking expeditions of the 21st century, Hillary and Norgay had to make the climb without a pre-fixed route, discovering their own path to the top (one of which later became known as the Hillary Step in the Everest climbing trail).

The pair did not know each other well beforehand but met through their mountaneering peers. Norgay (a sherpa, Himalayan locals well-known for their mountaneering prowess) apparently made a lasting first impression on Hillary due to his incredible mountaneering skills, patience, complete with his "flashing, irresistible smile".

In one ocassion during their few earlier expeditions together, Hillary stepped on a crumbling ice and almost fell to his death before Norgay saved his life. This made him determined to ask Norgay to be his partner for his Everest Summit expedition.

Amongst other members of the expedition, their pairing became the first one who were successful, reaching the highest point on Earth at 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953.

At the top, Hillary hilarously recalled extending his hand to shake Tenzing's hand in "a good Anglo-Saxon fashion," but his Nepalese-Indian friend jumped him on the back and gave him a massive hug instead. As he said, it was the “great moment for which I had waited all my life, [...] I waved my arms in the air and then threw them around Hillary, and we thumped each other on the back until, even with the oxygen, we were almost breathless!”.

But beyond this monumental achievement, the gentlemen's agreement they made at the top was perhaps an equally impressive commitment.

Being the only people in the world who were present, Norgay and Hillary made a promise to present their a success as a joint effort. Both countrymen were under international pressure to divulge who was actually the first to step foot on the summit. Despite the rising colonial tension at the times, both Norgay and Hillary refused to say anything other than they reached the summit together as a team, carrying the secret to their deathbeds.

After Everest, Hillary devoted his life to assisting the overlooked sherpa people of Nepal. He established the Himalayan Trust, constructing many schools and hospitals in Nepal. Norgay continued to climb mountains all over the world for the rest of his life and died in his beloved Himalayas.

Hillary and Norgay remained lifelong friends, bonded for life. When Tenzing Norgay died in India in 1986, the country was in a massive political turmoil and all the streets in Darjeeling were closed due to confrontations with Nepalese separatists.

Edmund Hillary was the only foreigner allowed to enter the region, as reporters recounted how protesters parted ways to enable him to pay respects to his old friend.

In 2003, their sons Peter Hillary and Jamling Norgay climbed Everest together, celebrating the 50th anniversary of their fathers' memorable climb that changed the world forever.

[thedoctorwhocompanion]

More Cast Announced for Joy to the World, This Year's Doctor Who Christmas Special

More Cast Announced for Joy to the World, This Year's #DoctorWho Christmas Special

Doctor Who Magazine has revealed further cast members for the Doctor Who Christmas special 2024 — and confirms we’re going to meet two more important historical figures: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first people to climb to the summit of Mount Everest! Joy to the World will star Derry Girls‘ Nicola Coughlan, and as suspected, Jonathan Aris, best known perhaps for starring in Sherlock,…

[archivistofnerddom]

Just in case you think being a nerd doesn’t help in the real world:

Back when I was in college (some 15 years ago at the time of this particular event), I got a high-five from a professor because I knew that Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary were the first two people to successfully summit Mount Everest and return. The reason I knew that? Because, in one of the Lord of the Rings Extended Editions’ appendices videos, Sir Edmund Hillary visited set one day when they were filming — and I was (and still am) a LOTR nerd.

So, yeah. Being a nerd means that random information and trivia gets lodged into your brain for unexpected reasons. You don’t always have to explain how or why it got there. Just, revel in the strange confidence that you picked up absurd caches of information due to whatever your specific nerdy interests are.

[carolinanadeau]

Sally Ann Howes and her father Bobby Howes meeting mountaineer Tenzing Norgay backstage at Paint Your Wagon in the West End c. 1953. Norgay was one of the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, along with Sir Edmund Hillary.

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Seven. Lucky number. 

Hillary (2016)

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E V E R E S T

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Currently thinking of this one episode of Josh Gates’s Explorer’s Club where he was interviewing this elderly Sherpa guy who was the last surviving member of the Hillary-Norgay expedition. When Josh asked why he didn’t turn back when he wanted to the guy basically replied that he just really, really needed the money and honestly, I feel that in my soul.

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Seven times I have tried, I have come back and tried again, not with pride and force, not as a soldier to an enemy, but with love, as a child climbs onto the lap of its mother. Now, at last I have been granted success, and I give thanks, I am grateful.

— Tenzing Norgay, Tiger of the Snows

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[almanach-international]

29 mai : le marathon de l’Everest

Ce matin à 7 h, s’élance le marathon le plus haut du monde. Son point de départ est à 5401 m au-dessus de la mer, c’est l’une des courses les plus difficiles au monde. Le Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon (THEM) a lieu chaque année le 29 mai depuis 2003 pour marquer l'anniversaire de la première ascension du mont Everest par Tenzing Norgay, Sherpa népalais, et Sir Edmund Hillary, alpiniste néo-zélandais, en 1953. Depuis, le Marathon de l’Everest (एभरेस्ट म्याराथन) a eu lieu chaque année à la même date sauf en 2015, quand la course a été reportée en raison d'un tremblement de terre dévastateur qui a frappé le Népal.

Le signal de départ du marathon est donné au camp de base du mont Everest sur le glacier du Khumbu et à proximité immédiate de la célèbre cascade de glace du Khumbu. La course mène sur des sentiers de montagne accidentés et des sentiers de yaks jusqu'à Namche Bazar, la "capitale Sherpa" à 3440 m. En 2006, Deepak Rai a établi le précédent record du parcours avec un temps de 3h28.

L'édition 2024 est la 19e édition de l’événement, pour célébrer le 71e anniversaire de l'ascension réussie du mont Everest par Sir Edmund Hillary et Tenzing Norgay Sherpa. Les coureurs du monde entier peuvent participer aux catégories de leur choix, notamment 70 km pour l’Extreme Ultra, 42 km pour le Full Marathon et 21 km pour le Half Marathon. Les horaires de départ du marathon diffèrent selon chaque catégorie. L'ultramarathon commence à 5h, tandis que le marathon complet commence à 7h et enfin le semi-marathon commence à 8h. Le dénivelé total entre le point de départ et le point d'arrivée peut atteindre 1620 m. Le point le plus bas de l'itinéraire se trouve à Laubisasa, situé à 3439 m d'altitude. Le nombre de participants est limité à 250 car l’Everest souffre aujourd’hui d’une surfréquentation, au point que le Népal envisage régulièrement de restreindre son accès. Le site officiel

En 2008, après la mort d’Hillary, a été instituée la Journée internationale de l'Everest, célébrée également chaque 29 mai, pour commémorer les réalisations d'Hillary et de Tenzing et honorer leur héritage, ainsi que pour célébrer tous les alpinistes qui ont atteint le sommet et honorer la mémoire de ceux qui sont morts en essayant. La célébration est dirigée par l'Himalayan Trust, une organisation humanitaire internationale à but non lucratif créée par Sir Edmund Hillary pour apporter des soins de santé, de l'eau potable et une meilleure éducation aux communautés du district de Solukhumbu au Népal.

Un article de l'Almanach international des éditions BiblioMonde, 28 mai 2024

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“Some details of Norgay’s life remained shrouded in mystery until well after his death that same year. Although he spoke six languages, he was illiterate, and his autobiography, Tiger of the Snows, was heavily edited by ghost writer James Ramsey Ullman."

[netflix]

Show & Tell Spotlight: Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Freeridge

Tenzing, who plays Cameron in Freeridge, shares what he stole from set, and memories of the cast.

This is something I stole from set. It’s my chair back throughout all of shooting. The props department was kind enough to keep it a secret while I snuck away with it.

This is a video of one of my many pranks on set. I literally went to set that day when I wasn’t even working and camped in Keyla’s trailer for 30 minutes waiting just for this.

This is a photo of us during a late night shoot getting in one of many small naps between camera moves.

This is a photo of all of the cast in Palm Springs one day after we wrapped Freeridge. We rented an AirBnb for three nights and one night we went out to dinner to celebrate our show!

Thanks, Tenzing!

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[lejindaryikiki]

Husband!Jin x Reader

A/N: You both are 20+. Might contain nsfw at the end. Clearly, why isn't there any more fanfics about him? *Sigh* my man needs recognition. This was made months ago.

Loves you asf.

Very clingy. Don't tell me why.

I swear he's hot when he wears that white coat. I mean... yeah.

This man is that type of person every woman wants in life. You're lucky to have him.

Like, yesterday you guys were childhood friends. And now, you guys are married.

When he comes from his office, the first thing he wants to do is to hug you from behind.

Like I earlier said 'clingy', he loves cuddling with you.

He would ✨die✨ for you, istg.

Man, gotta tell ya how much he looks so seductive with that hair down.

Like, bear with me. Ever since you saw his messy hair, you fell in love.

His hair is still a beautiful mess.

Plus, he stopped using that hair gel.

Alr, tiny nsfw (bear with me, this is my first time and istg, I'm not ready. Take a deep breath, Kiki, take a deep breath. Not explicit.)

He's quite the dominant person on bed.

He's not obsessive or a yandere, but he makes sure that you belong to him. By how? Biting your neck.

Yesterday, you guys just kiss (it was innocent at first) and the next day, you wake up with marks on your skin.

Jin is covered with love bites and lipstick stains all over his body.

He loves your neck, tbh. He loves to kiss you there just to hear your noise.

Damn, take a great look at the view, tho. Looks perfect.

Alright, I'm done.