Kangchenjunga: The Himalayan giant

Description:

Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world and a notoriously difficult and dangerous mountain to climb. First climbed from the west in 1955 by a British team comprising Joe Brown, George Band, Tony Streather and Norman Hardie, it waited over twenty years for a second ascent. The third ascent, from the north, was made in 1979 by a four-man team including the visionary British alpinist Doug Scott. This is Scott's final book in which he explores the mountain and its varied people. The mountain sits on the border between Nepal and Sikkim in north-east India. He considers Western approaches and early climbing attempts on the mountain. Kangchenjunga was in fact long believed to be the highest mountain in the world, until in the nineteenth century it was demonstrated that Peak XV, Everest was taller.

Condition

Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).