The Resume

(May 9, 1914-May 9, 1986)
He and Edmund Hillary were the first human beings to conquer Mount Everest, the highest place on earth. (May 29, 1953)

Why he might be annoying:

Risking one's life to get to the top of a mountain is a pretty stupid thing.
George Mallory, not Hillary or Norgay coined the phrase that he was climbing Mount Everest 'because it is there.'
Even though he spoke several languages, he never learned how to write.

Why he might not be annoying:

He deposited in the highest of all snows some offerings to the divinities that had made Chomolungma (Mount Everest) sacred to his people.
Unlike George Mallory, Hillary and Norgay actually made it to the top of Everest. (At least they made it to the top and back!)
Nobody was killed, maimed or even frostbitten during the Hillary and Norgay Everest expedition.
Norgay and Hillary used their Everest fame to help make the Sherpas' underprivileged existence better known to the world.
He spoke seven languages.
He and Hillary 'climbed as a team, period' and claim to have reached the summit 'almost together.'
He was one of 13 children.
He is a positive role model for the Sherpa community.
He opened mountaineering school in Darjeeling, India.
He is said to have smiled all the way up to the top of Everest.

Credit: SumoBear

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 6481)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5291914)
• I Climbed Mount Everest
• I Died in 1986 (Ranked: 71)
• Maxim's 50 Greatest Guys of the 20th Century (Ranked: 33)
• Profiles 4751-5000 (Ranked: 4904)
• SumoBear's Profiles
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century [1998]
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19860509)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 120 Votes: 51.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 22 Votes: 68.18% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 8.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 58 Votes: 34.48% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 65 Votes: 36.92% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 104 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 157 Votes: 45.22% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 234 Votes: 44.87% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 351 Votes: 41.31% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 801 Votes: 42.20% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1716 Votes: 37.94% Annoying