By STEPHEN REGENOLD
published April 9, 2008
The mountain is called Kangchenjunga, and at 28,169 feet above sea level it is the planet’s third-tallest peak, an immense white wall in the sky north of Darjeeling, India. Like all great peaks of the Himalayas, Kangchenjunga’s summit has been sought out by humans for decades. Climbers have traveled across the globe, trekking and camping for weeks through India or Nepal, then ascending for days—boots kicking, ice axes in hand—into air so thin you... [ MORE ]
above: Mike Farris (at left) and unknown climber at 25,000 feet on Broad Peak, Pakistan.
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