Sherpa guide (1914–1986) who, along with Edmund Hillary, was a member of the first party to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. Picture postcard with a first-day cancellation commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first Everest ascent, 5.75 x 4, signed on the correspondence side in ballpoint by Norgay and cameraman and climber Gerhard Lenser, who adds the date May 25, 1978. In very fine, clean condition. R&R COA.