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tenzing norgaynounTenzing Norgay (tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.
kangchenjunganounA Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.
tenzingnounAlternative spelling of Tenzin. [A unisex given name from Tibetan.]
kanchenjunganounAlternative form of Kangchenjunga. [A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.]
edmund hillarynounSir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist.
sir edmund hillarynounnew zealand mountaineer who first attained the summit of mount everest with his sherpa guide tenzing norgay (born in 1919)
summiteernounSomeone who reaches a summit.
makalunounA mountain in the Himalayas, on the border between Sankhuwasabha district, Koshi, Nepal and Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the world’s fifth highest mountain.
mountainnoun(countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
mountain climbernounSomeone who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure.
himalayanounAlternative form of Himalayas. [The mountain range in south-central Asia which extends about 2,414 km (1,500 mi) through Kashmir, northern India, southern Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam; it contains nine of the world’s ten highest peaks, including Mount Everest/Qomolongma.]
aconcaguanounA mountain in Argentina in the Andes, the highest point in South America.
icefallnounA relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall.
ben nevisnounThe highest mountain in the United Kingdom, in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN1671).
mountaineeringnounThe sport of climbing mountains.
mount kilimanjaronounA mountain in northeastern Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa.
nanga parbatnounA mountain in the Himalayas, the ninth highest mountain in the world.
everestnoun(uncountable) A mountain on the border of Tibet, China and Nepal.
gasherbrumnounA remote group of peaks situated at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range.
lhotsenounA Himalayan mountain on the border between Nepal and China, the fourth highest in the world.

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