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Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG, ONZ, KBE (20 July 1919 - 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer.

Tenzing Norgay GM (late May 1914 - 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, often referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese / Tibetan mountaineer.

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