Books About Kangchenjunga

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03A Sacred Summits book cover - Gauri Shankar West Ridge ***** by Peter Boardman. Published 1982. This book describes Boardman's climbs between December 1978 and November 1979 including the Carstensz Pyramid in New…
03B Sacred Summits - Racing down the Kangchenjunga Summit Pyramid on May 15, 1979 Pete uses his diaries to tell his inner feelings, and spins a captivating story of the trek to base camp, his silly accident, and the personalities of Doug, Joe…
04A Savage Arena book cover - Granite Mountains And Baltoro Glacier **** by Joe Tasker. Published 1982. This book describes Tasker's climbs on the Eiger, Dunagiri, Changabang, K2 and the impressive first ascent of Kangchenjunga…
04B Savage Arena - Doug Scott On Kangchenjunga Summit May 15, 1979
05A Round Kangchenjunga book cover - The Twins From Kangchen Glacier By Vittorio Sella *** by Douglas W. Freshfield. Originally published 1903. This edition is a reprint from 2002. This book describes the 1899 trek around Kangchenjunga, featuring…
05B Round Kangchenjunga - Kangchenjunga East Face By Vittorio Sella Freshfield:
05C Round Kangchenjunga - Jannu North Face From Kangbachen By Vittorio Sella
06A Khangchendzonga Sacred Summit book cover - Kangchenjunga Sunrise From Gangtok *** by Pema Wangchuk and Mita Zulca. Published 2007. The authors go through the history of Sikkim and the religions, early exploration by Sir Joseph Dalton…
06B Khangchendzonga Sacred Summit - Kangchenjunga First Ascent - George Band On Kangchenjunga Summit May 25, 1955 If you want to read only one historical book on Kangchenjunga, this is the one. The photos are very good and include many historical photos from the 1800s and…
06C Khangchendzonga Sacred Summit - George Band, Norman Hardie, and Col. Narinder Kumar in 2005
07A Kangchenjunga Adventure - The Proposed Route Up The Great Ice Wall On Kangchenjunga Northwest Face 1930 *** by F.S. Smythe. Published 1930. The book describes the 1930 International Expedition, led by George Dyhrenfurth, that failed to scale Kangchenjunga via the…
07B Kangchenjunga Adventure - Jonsong Peak North Face 1930 They then briefly tried the North-west ridge, but considered it
08A Himalayan Campaign - Kangchenjunga East Face Above Green Lake Plain 1929 *** by Paul Bauer. Expedition leader Paul Bauer tells the story of the 1929 and 1931 German expeditions that failed to scale Kangchenjunga via the Northeast…
08B Himalayan Campaign - Kangchenjunga Main Summit From Outpost Peak 1931
09A Kanchenjunga First Ascent From The North-East Spur book over - Climbing In The Ice Fall *** by Col. Narinder Kumar. Published 1978. The Indian Air Force expedition team leader tells the story of the second ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1977 via the…
09B Kanchenjunga First Ascent From The North-East Spur - Kangchenjunga East Face The story is fairly brief and told in a dispassionate matter of fact manner. The photos are very good and the reason to buy this book.
09C Kanchenjunga First Ascent From The North-East Spur - Major Prem Chand on Kangchenjunga Summit May 31, 1977