Showing posts with label Kanchangjunga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kanchangjunga. Show all posts

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Kangchenjunga

January 26, 2017

British climber and explorer Douglas fresh field first navigate the mountain. They are the first mountaineers to view the great Western Face of Kangchenjunga.

Kangchenjunga Main 
Kangchenjunga Main an altitude of 8,586 meters (28,169ft.) located in North Sikkim of India and Taplejung (Province No.1) Nepal. (Latitude 27°42′11″N and Longitude 88°08′52″E). In 1955 expedition climbed the Kangchenjunga Main (8,586).
      1955 25 May, Joe Brown and George Band followed by Norman and Tony Streather other team like John Clegg, Charles Evans, John Angelo Jackson, Neil Mather, Tom Mackinnon.

Kangchenjunga West (Yalung Kang)  
Kangchenjunga West (Yalung Kang) an altitude of 8505 meters (27,904). It is located in Taplejung, Province No.1 Nepal
1905 Alistair Crowley sets up a camp at the head of the Yalung Glacier at the altitude of 6500 meters or 21325 ft. 

Kangchenjunga Central 
 Kangchenjunga South    
 Kangbachen



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