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KANGCHENJUNGA ASCENT FROM THE EAST: INDO-JAPANESE VENTURE Hukam Singh 1994 1st edition DJ
By Singh, Hukam
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New Delhi, 1994, 1st edition. 268 pp, color and b/w photos. This is the story of India's highest and world's third highest mountain Kangchenjunga whose ascent is described in these pages. By climbers of India and Japan. From the most formidable, tortuous East route, that is. And how did it all happen?

Here is a unique mountaineering experience graphically recorded by the doyen of Indian mountaineers who led the historic expedition to the Deity of Sikkim (1991). The book unfolds step-by-step the captivating drama of single-minded human effort pitted against innumerable odds the stark elements thrust at the dramatis personae : the ineffable thrill, nail-biter.
 
This was the 14th successful expedition to climb Kangchenjunga, who climbed the SE Ridge and SW Face. Three Japanese and one Sherpa climber made the summit. Hardcover, DJ, Fine
 
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