1935 expedition reaches Rongbuk
· Rongbuk Monastery, Tingri County, Tibet

Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported · file As a member of Shipton's 1935 Everest reconnaissance party, Norgay reached Rongbuk Monastery on the Tibetan approach to Everest. The quoted party is the expedition whose Darjeeling roster explicitly includes Tenzing Norgay.