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==After Everest== Tenzing Norgay became the first Director of Field Training of the [[Himalayan Mountaineering Institute]] in [[Darjeeling]], when it was set up in 1954. [[File:Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling in 2011.jpg|thumb|May (you) climb from peak to peak]] In January 1975, with permission of the King of [[Bhutan]], [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]], Norgay served as ''sirdar'' (guide) for the first American tourist party allowed into the country.<ref>{{cite web |last=Giles |first=Kea |url=http://keagiles.blogspot.com/2010/04/branding-bhutan.html |title=Dragonfly Wars: 'Branding Bhutan' β or the story of a 'Trek through Time' |publisher=Keagiles.blogspot.com |date=4 April 2010 |access-date=21 February 2014 |archive-date=8 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308085244/http://keagiles.blogspot.com/2010/04/branding-bhutan.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite news |date=28 June 1982 |location=Boulder, CO |work=Daily Camera |title=Trek through Time |pages=1C, 3C}}</ref> Brought together by a company then called Mountain Travel (now called Mountain Travel-Sobek), the group first met Norgay in India before beginning the trek. The official trek began in [[Paro, Bhutan|Paro]], northern [[Bhutan]] and included a visit to [[Paro Taktsang|Tiger's Nest]] (Paro Taktsang), the ancient Buddhist monastery, before returning to India via Nepal and [[Sikkim]]. Norgay even introduced his group to the [[Palden Thondup Namgyal|King of Sikkim]] (the last king of Sikkim, as Sikkim is now a part of India) and also brought them to his home in India for a farewell celebration.<ref name="auto"/> In 1978 Norgay founded Tenzing Norgay Adventures,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tenzing-norgay.com/ |title=Welcome to the site of Tenzing Norgay Adventures |publisher=Tenzing-norgay.com |access-date=21 February 2014 |archive-date=11 September 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050911230613/http://www.tenzing-norgay.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> a company providing [[Backpacking (wilderness)|trekking]] adventures in the [[Himalayas]]. As of 2021, the company was run by his son [[Jamling Tenzing Norgay]], who himself reached the summit of Everest in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Norgay|first=Jamling Tenzing|title=Introduction by Tenzing Norgay Adventures β Jamling|url=http://www.tenzing-norgay.com/pages/|access-date=5 August 2021|website=Tenzing Norgay Adventures|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805055426/http://www.tenzing-norgay.com/pages/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 10 May 1984 Tenzing Norgay, together with Grp Capt A. J. S. Grewal, Principal of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, attended the 10th-anniversary celebrations of The School of Adventure, [[Mysore]], Karnataka held at the Mysore [[Institution of Engineers (India)|Institution of Engineers]]' auditorium.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}}
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