Writing books is becoming a bit of a cottage industry for members
of the Tenzing family, with the latest, by Tenzing Norgay's grandson
Tashi being launched to the world by Sir Edmund Hillary.
The book follows on from Jamling Tenzing Norgay's 'Touching My
Father's Soul' and the original Tenzing's 'Tiger of the Snows'. The
latest addition aims to honour the Sherpa race through the telling of
their part in mountaineering history and will be published in the UK
by Harper Collins.
Theres's a transcript of an interview with Hillary and Tenzing
which went out on Australian Radio on the ABC
site, some interesting comments, including Hillary's observation
that:
' My reaction wasn't one of extreme excitement really. I think
Tenzing was a lot more excited than I was. I just put my hand out to
shake hands with Tenzing, but that wasn't good enough for him.
'He threw his arms around my shoulder and gave me a hug and I
threw my arms around his shoulder, so we gave each other a good hug
on the top of the mountain to celebrate our success.'
OUTDOORSmagic editor Jon Doran spent several weeks with Tashi
Tenzing in Nepal in 1999, writing this
profile of a man who successfully combines elements of east and
west and Sherpa and European mountaineering philosophy.
