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Kanchenjunga Expedition
Kanchanjunga, at 8,586m, is the third-highest peak in the world and the second-highest in Nepal. It was first climbed by a British team in 1956. The peak consists of four summits. The west summit, Yalung Kang., is 8420m high and some people classify it as a separate 8000m. Peak.
The first Westerner to explore Kanchanjunga was the British botanist JD Hooker, who visited the area twice in 1848 and 1849. Exploration of the Sikkim, side of the peak continued with both British and pundit explorers mapping and photographing until 1899. In that year a party led by Douglas fresh field made a circuit of Kanchanjunga and produced what is still one of the most authoritative maps of the region.
Exploration continued, mostly from the Sikkim side, starting from Darjeeling in British India. One of the major contributors to Western knowledge about the region was Dr AM Kellas, who later died in Tibet during the approach of the 1921 Everest expedition. German expeditions attacked the peak in 1929, 1930 and again in 1931, but none was successful. After the Sikkim was closed but Nepal was open. In 1955 a team led by Dr Charl as Evans approached the peak via the Yalung Glacier.
The Japanese then took up the challenge and mounted expeditions in 1967, 1973 and n1974. When they climbed Yalung Kang. A German Expedition climbed Yalung Kang in 1975, and in Indian army team mounted the second successful expeditions to the main peak of Kanchanjunga.
Kanchenjunga Expedition Itinerary
Day 01: Arrive in Kathmandu Airport & Transfer to Hotel
Day 02: Kathmandu Sighting
Day 03: Kathmandu free day
Day 04: Preparation for expedition
Day 05: Preparation for expedition
Day 06: Biratnagar to Taplejung by flight
Day 07: Taplejung to Mitlung
Day 08: Mitlung to Chirwa
Day 09: Chirwa to Sekhatum
Day 10: Sekhatum to Amjilesa
Day 11: Amjilesa to Gyabla
Day 12: Gyabla to Ghunsa
Day 13: Ghunsa to Khambachen
Day 14: Khambachen to Lhonak
Day 15: Lhonak to Pang Pema
Day 16: Pang Pema to Kanchenjunga Base Camp
Day 17: Rest Dat Base Camp for acclimatization
Day 18: D39 Climbing period of Kanchenjunga
Day 40: Base Camp to Pang Pema
Day 41: Pang Pema to Lhonak
Day 42: Lhonak to Ghunsa
Day 43: Ghunsa to Selely
Day 44: Selely to Mirgin La to Tseram
Day 45: Mirgin La -Tseram to Oktang-Torotan
Day 46: Oktang -Torotan to Omje Khola
Day 47: Omje Khola to Mamanke
Day 48: Mamanke to Bhanjyang
Day 49: Bhanjyang to Lali Kharka
Day 50: Lali Kharka to Suketar
Day 51: Suketar to Kathmandu by flight
Day 52: Rest Dat Kathmandu
Day 53: Departure to Airport
