The imposing Kangchenjunga massif as seen from the North Base Camp region. All photos: ALTON C BYERS The Kangchenjunga region is where modern tourism first started in Nepal. As early as the mid-1800s, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today is the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of 8,586m Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain. Located on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nepal's Department of Tourism recently added four Kangchenjunga secondary summits and two Lhotse subpeaks to its list of 8,000m ...

The Kangchenjunga Trek in far-eastern Nepal is a remote and less-crowded adventure that offers raw wilderness, diverse cultures, and breathtaking terrain below the world’s third highest mountain.

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 Band ...

The Kangchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) lies within the Sacred Himalayan Landscape and is a key link in the chain of transboundary protected areas in the vast landscape, maintaining contiguity ...

Mountains are among the most impressive natural features on Earth. They rise high above the surrounding land and are formed ...

This project will focus on the Singalila National Park, which spreads over 78 sq. km. in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal and lies along the porous Indo-Nepal border. The dense forest is ...

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ISLAMABAD, 19 May (BelTA - APP) - Renowned Pakistani mountaineer Sirbaz Khan has made history by successfully peaking Mount Kangchenjunga (8,586 metres) without supplementary oxygen, Alpine Club of ...