Charles Evans (mountaineer) in Liverpool until 1957. Evans was John Hunt's deputy leader on the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition which made the first ascent of Everest in 1953. With Tom Bourdillon, he made the first ascent of the South Summit, coming within three hundred feet of the main summit of Everest on 26 May 1953, but was forced to turn back. Everest was summited by their teammates Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay three days later, on 29 May 1953. Evans was the leader of the expedition which first climbed Kangchenjunga, the world's third highest peak, in 1955. The following year he was
Tenzing Norgay Bus Terminus Tenzing Norgay Bus Terminus The Tenzing Norgay Central Bus Terminus is the most important bus terminal in North Bengal. It is located on Hill Cart Road, Siliguri, District Darjeeling, adjacent to the Siliguri Junction railway station, about 6 kilometers from New Jalpaigudi Railway Station. Both State owned North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) buses and private buses ply from here. The Terminas is named after the mountaineer Tenzing Norgay who was a resident of the Darjeeling District. In August 2017 the state government announced its plan to shift the private buses operations to a proposed new site nearby and upgrade