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{{short description|Indian-born Australian mountain climber}}
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{{Infobox mountaineer
| name             = Tashi Wangchuk Tenzing
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1965|11|30}}
| birth_place      = [[India]]
| nationality      = Australian
| occupation       = Mountaineer, Tour guide
| first ascent     = 29 May 1953
| spouse           = {{marriage|Judy Pyne Tenzing|1990||end=divorce}}<br/>Bandi Nima Sherpa
| children         = 2
| relatives        = [[Tenzing Norgay]] (maternal grandfather)<br>[[Jamling Tenzing Norgay]] (uncle)<br>[[Tenzing Norgay Trainor]] (cousin)<br>[[Nawang Gombu]] (first cousin once removed)
| parents          = Pem Pem<ref name=barnes>Tenzing and Barnes</ref><ref name="Ullman">Tenzing & Ullman</ref>}}

'''Tashi Wangchuk Tenzing ''' ({{bo|t=བཀྲ་ཤིས་དབང་ཕྱུག་བསྟན་འཛིན་|w=Bkra-shis Dbang-phyug Bstan-'dzin}}) is an Indian-born [[Nepalese Australian]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tashi Tenzing: In his grandfather's footsteps|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/tashi-tenzing-in-his-grandfathers-footsteps/articleshow/8096472.cms|website=The Times of India|date=26 April 2002}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Tenzing's grandson keeps date with Everest|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tenzings-grandson-keeps-date-with-everest/articleshow/13121820.cms|website=The Times of India|date=17 May 2002}}</ref> [[Sherpa people|Sherpa]] [[mountaineering|mountaineer]]. His maternal grandfather, [[Tenzing Norgay]], made the first ascent of [[Mount Everest]] on 29 May 1953.

== Early life ==
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Tashi was born to Pem Pem, who was the daughter of [[Tenzing Norgay]]. He spent part of his childhood in [[Darjeeling]], India where he attended [[St Paul's School, Darjeeling|St Paul's School]] excelling at distance and sprint running, soccer, cricket, gymnastics, karate, hockey and horse-riding as well as oil painting and [[batik]].

Tashi then went on to the [[University of Delhi]] to gain a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in Sociology. He established the Delhi University Climbing Club and studied at the [[Himalayan Mountaineering Institute]] in Darjeeling.  His grandfather, Tenzing Norgay, established this Institute after his ascent of Everest to offer professional climbing instruction. Tashi graduated from the Institute as an instructor and still sometimes delivers courses there as a guest instructor.

== Career==
Since leaving University Tashi has led trekking and climbing trips in Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan, Kashmir and the Indian Himalaya.

In 1993 Tashi led the 40th Anniversary Everest Expedition to mark the 40th anniversary of the first successful expedition of his grandfather, Tenzing Norgay. While his team was successful in getting two members to the summit on 10 May, Tashi's uncle and climbing partner, [[Lobsang Tshering]], fell to his death on the descent from the summit. Tashi himself missed the summit as well by just 400 metres, having to turn back with snow blindness.

On 23 May 1997 Tashi reached the summit of Everest.<ref name=":0" />

In 1998/99 he spent 9 months working for the Australian Antarctic Division at Mawson Station in the Antarctic and now guides treks there.

Tashi again reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in 2002.<ref name="auto" />

On 16 May 2007, he reached the summit of Mount Everest from the Tibetan side.<ref name=":1" />

Tashi is a contributor of SummitJournal.com, an international adventure and exploration project.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=21 April 2021|title=SummitJournal.com Tashi Tenzing|url=http://www.summitjournal.com/author/ttenzing|website=SummitJournal.com}}</ref>

==Personal life ==
Tashi was married to Australian Judy Pyne Tenzing, and they have a son and daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 April 2021|title=Three Sherpa of Everest|url=https://www.revistas.usp.br/rta/article/download/83790/87263/118080}}</ref> He later returned to Nepal and married a Sherpa woman called Bandi Nima Sherpa and now lives in [[Kathmandu]] and runs a trekking company "Tenzing Asian Holidays".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tashi Tenzing|url=https://www.celebrityspeakers.com.au/speakers/tashi-tenzing/|access-date=2021-04-21|website=Celebrity Speakers|language=en-US}}</ref>

In May 2013 Tashi Tenzing said he believed his grandfather Tenzing Norgay should have been knighted, not just given "a bloody medal".<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Tenzing-should-have-been-knighted/tabid/417/articleID/299631/Default.aspx|work=3 News NZ |title= Tenzing 'should have been knighted'| date=30 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/29/everest-anniversary-tenzing-norgay |work=The Guardian | title= Everest anniversary: Tenzing Norgay's grandson calls for 'gesture' from Britain| date=29 May 2013}}</ref> His cousin is actor [[Tenzing Norgay Trainor]], best known as Parker in ''[[Liv and Maddie]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Fred |last=Topel|date=2019-09-27|title=Who Is Tenzing Norgay Trainor From 'Abominable'?|url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/who-is-tenzing-norgay-trainor-from-abominable.html/|access-date=2021-04-21|website=Showbiz Cheat Sheet|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Summits==
He is usually credited as Tashi Wangchuk Tenzing of Australia, sometimes with a note that he is Tenzing's grandson<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.everestsummiteersassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24:australia|title=Australia|first=Sherap|last=Sherpa|website=www.everestsummiteersassociation.org}}</ref>
;Everest
*23 May 1997<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.adventurestats.com/tables/esum751-900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020616090633/http://www.adventurestats.com/tables/esum751-900.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 June 2002|title=Everest summits 751 - 900|website=www.adventurestats.com|access-date=2017-05-16}}</ref>
*16 May 2002<ref name="auto"/>
*16 May 2007<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.himalayandatabase.com/2007%20Season%20Lists/2007%20Spring%20A5.html|title=Himalayan Database Expedition Archives of Elizabeth Hawley|website=www.himalayandatabase.com|access-date=2017-05-16}}</ref>

;Cho Oyu
*9 May 2006<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.himalayandatabase.com/2006%20Season%20Lists/2006%20Spring%20A2.html|title=Himalayan Database Expedition Archives of Elizabeth Hawley|website=www.himalayandatabase.com|access-date=2017-05-16}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit]]

== References ==
<references />

==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.tashitenzing.com }}
*[http://www.tenzingasianholidays.com Tashi Tenzing's Trekking company]
*[http://www.summitjournal.com/author/ttenzing SummitJournal.com]

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[[Category:People from Darjeeling]]
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[[Category:Mountain climbers from West Bengal]]
[[Category:St. Paul's School, Darjeeling alumni]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to Australia]]
[[Category:Australian people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:People from Sydney]]
[[Category:Delhi University alumni]]