They only have a photo of Norgay at the summit because Norgay didn't know how to take a picture of Hillary.
Kind of ironic to me that the less famous one is the only one with the photo! Ha!
Kind of ironic to me that the less famous one is the only one with the photo! Ha!
I'd be very surprised if a man of Tenzing's calibre and achievements could not figure out something so trivial.
Edit: I've found some citations that support your point, I apologize.
Although, I'd add (a) Tenzing's account states that he offered to take a photo but was declined. And (b) a more fair description would be "because he had never used a camera before" rather than "didn't know how to work a camera".
The later suggesting a lack of intelligence or civility (though I'm sure that wasn't your intent), I'm probably just nitpicking :-).
This potentially could be a reason as well that he wasn’t brave enough to admit.
That theory doesn't make sense to me.