Norgay's second wife was Ang Lahmu, a cousin of his first wife. They had no biological children, but she was adoptive mother to their daughters from his earlier marriage with her cousin. [6] His third wife was Dakku, whom he married while his second wife was still alive, as allowed by Sherpa custom (see polygyny).

He was a simple man who liked and understood life on a simple, straightforward level. He never felt at home in a world where people are accustomed to use each other for their own ends. After Ang Lhamu died in 1964, he married Daku, a sherpa girl …

Tenzing Norgay (May 29, 1914 – May 9, 1986) was a Sherpa climber. Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary were the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. During his life he had several wives, as it is part of Sherpa lifestyle. Norgay was born in Kharta Valley, Nepal. He died aged 71 in Darjeeling, India.

He was a simple man who liked and understood life on a simple, straightforward level. He never felt at home in a world where people are accustomed to use each other for their own ends. After Ang Lhamu died in 1964, he married Daku, a sherpa girl …

Tenzing Norgay was a Nepalese Indian mountaineer who was one of the first two individuals to set foot on the summit of Mount Everest. He, along with Edmund Hillary of New Zealand, was a part of the team that took part in John Hunt's 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition.

Lahmu and Lahamu, in Mesopotamian mythology, twin deities, the first gods to be born from the chaos that was created by the merging of Apsu (the watery deep beneath the earth) and Tiamat (the personification of the salt waters); this is described in the Babylonian mythological text Enuma elish (c. 12th century bc).

Jan 3, 2020 · After the death of his first wife, Tenzing married two other women. His second wife was Ang Lahmu, who had no children of her own but looked after Dawa Phuti's surviving daughters, and his third wife was Dakku, with whom Tenzing had three sons and a daughter.

Apr 30, 2022 · Among the most famous mountain climbers in history, he was one of the first two individuals known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, which he accomplished with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953. He was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

Jul 18, 2023 · His second wife, Ang Lahmu, happened to be a cousin of his late first wife. While they did not have biological children together, she lovingly assumed the role of adoptive mother to Norgay’s daughters from his previous marriage with her cousin.

His second wife was Ang Lahmu. He married a third wife Dakku, as part of the Sherpa tradition to allow polygyny. With Dakku, he had three sons and one daughter.