What does Tongchua want us to see about the Thai nation-state in his glowering pitch-black pinnacles and serrated lines?

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 ...

According to SIBLAC, Mt Kangchenjunga is not merely a geographical landmark but a sacred entity, revered as a guardian deity by the Sikkimese people. The organisation noted that the mountain is ...

Stretching between mountains, ocean and farmland, Jangheung felt like the country’s backbone of calm — where nature isn’t just scenery, but a way of life.

A joint team of mountaineers from Arunachal Pradesh's National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS), led by Colonel Ranveer Singh Jamwal, summited Mount Kangchenjunga, via the ...

Sajid Sadpara summits world’s seventh highest mountain without supplemental oxygen Jamil Nagri Published May 11, 2025 0 Listen to article 1.2x 1.5x ...

Kangchenjunga is the last peak on Ibrahimi's 14 8,000m list. She tried the mountain last year, but the weather gave the teams no chance. The only 2024 summits happened later, after most groups had ...

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.

Expeditions to Mount Everest and Kangchenjunga flagged off Kangchenjunga is India’s highest and only 8,000-metre peak, making it one of the most challenging summits in the world, the Ministry of ...

The mountain may already have reached its limit, Cottle said. “The thickness of the crust that you need to support that elevation is probably already somewhat at a maximum,” he said.

Presently, there came into view an unknown mountain to the west, about 23,000 feet high, situated between Wedge Peak and the North-West Ridge of Kangchenjunga, on the watershed of the western ...