Tenzing Peak is the name which has been proposed by the Government of Nepal for a peak in the
Himalayas in honour of
Tenzing Norgay, who made the first ascent of
Everest with
Edmund Hillary in 1953.
[ It is also known variously as Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang and Ngojumba Ri.
In September 2013 a government panel recommended that two mountains on the ridge between ]Cho Oyu
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Cho Oyu (Nepali: चोयु; ; ) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the ''Khumbu'' sub-section of the Mahalangur ...
and Gyachung Kang be called Hillary Peak
Hillary Peak ( ne, हिलारी शिखर) is the name which has been proposed by the Government of Nepal for a peak in the Himalayas in honour of Edmund Hillary, who made the first ascent of Everest with Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
In Se ...
and Tenzing Peak as part of a batch of new summits that would be opened to climbers in 2014. It is in fact a satellite peak of Cho Oyu.
It was first climbed on 24 April 1965 by Naomi Uemura
was a Japanese adventurer who was known particularly for his solo exploits. For example, he was the first person to reach the North Pole solo, the first person to raft the Amazon solo, and the first person to climb Denali solo. He disappeared a ...
and Pemba Tenzing as part of a Japanese expedition from the Alpine Club of Meiji University
, abbreviated as Meiji (明治) or Meidai (明大'')'', is a private research university located in Chiyoda City, the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1881 as Meiji Law School (明治法律学校, ''Meiji Hōritsu Gakkō'') by three Meiji-er ...
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References
Mountains of the Himalayas
Mountains of the Province No. 1
Tenzing Norgay
Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas
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