Tenzing Norgay Sherpa
Tensing Sherpa was born on may 15, 1914 in Thami. It
is a small Sherpa village in the solo Khumbu district of Nepal. Khumbu lies
near Mount Everest, which the Tibetans and Sherpas call Chomolungma which in
Tibetan means mother Goddess of the earth.
He
was originally called Namgyai Wangdi but as a child his name was changed on the
advice of the head Lama and founder of the famous Rongbuk Monastrey, Ngawang
Tenzin Norbu Tenzing Norgay translates as wealthy fortunate follower of
religion. His father, a yak herder, was Ghang La Mingma and his mother was
Dokmo Kinzom ( who lived to see him climb everest ) ; he was the 11th
of 13 children, most of whom died young.
Life
was difficult in the village. He spent his days looking after the yaks. He
heard stories from other sherpas about the people who had wanted to climb Mount
Everest. He got more interested and wanted to see it for himself. So when he
was eighteen years old, he ran away from his name. he went to Darjeeling in
1932.
Questions:
A. Find
similar meaning to the following from above passage. [5]
i. rich,
having a lot of money
ii. lucky
iii. passed away
iv. not easy
v. popular
B. Answer
the following questions. [10]
a) When
was Tenzing Sherpa born?
b) How was his original name changed?
c) What do the Tibetans and Sherpas call
Mount Everest? And What does it mean?
d) How was life in village? And How did he
spent his days?
e) Why did he go to Darjeeling?
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