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Ed Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, 1971
Ed Hillary and his 1953 climbing partner Tenzing Norgay were reunited in Wellington, 11 August 1971. Tenzing died in 1986.
Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: EP/1971/3690/6A-F
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