On Kangchenjunga in 2025, more than half of the permits (15 of 26) went to women, whose presence on the 8,000'ers has vastly increased. However, on Makalu this year, there are 43 men and 11 women.

Concerning the Kangchenjunga glaciers, Mr. Fresh-field says, “Four glaciers radiate from the peak, pointing roughly to the north-east, south-east, north-west and south west.

Authorities in Sikkim, India, are demanding that Kangchenjunga, the world's third highest peak, be banned to climbers out of respect for local deities. When British pioneers Joe Brown and George ...

Margareta Morin of France died on Kangchenjunga yesterday. At 63, this was her first 8,000'er. Meanwhile, British climber Adrian Hayes is seriously sick in Camp 4, and bad weather has thwarted ...

KOLKATA-It was in May 1955 that a British mountaineering team successfully climbed Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain at 8,586m, for the first time. But members of this expedition ...

On Saturday 17 May 2014 Italian alpinists Nives Meroi and Romano Benet summited Kangchenjunga (8.586m), the third highest mountain in the world. Their ascent marks a great return to the Himalaya and ...