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 Kangchenjunga
(Nepali : Khanchendzonga)) SewaLungma (Limbu
language) is the third highest mountain in the world
(after Mount Everest and K2) with an altitude of
8,586 metres (28,169 feet). Kangchenjunga is
generally regarded as the highest mountain in India
and the second highest peak in Nepal. Kangchenjunga
translated means "The Five Treasures of Snows", as
it contains five peaks, four of them over 8,450
metres. The treasures represent the five
repositories of god, which are gold, silver, gems,
grain, and holy books. Kangchenjunga is also called
Sewalungma in local Limbu language and considered
sacred in Kirant religion. Three of these five peaks
(main, central, and south) are on the border of
North Sikkim district of Sikkim, India and Taplejung
District of Nepal, while the other two are
completely in Taplejung District. Nepal is home to
the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area Project run by
the World Wildlife Fund in association with the
Nepal Mountaineering Association and HMG in Nepal,
the sanctuary is also home to the Red Panda and
other snow animals, birds and plants. India's side
of Kangchenjunga also has a protected park area
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 Mt.
Thingchinkhang (6010 Mts) and Mt. Jopunu (5603 Mts)
are situated in western Sikkim and falls under
Khangchendzonga National Park which is window to
natural beauties, bio- diversity, sacred lakes and
snow capped mountains. One can see this peak from
Okhlathang Valley while trekking to Gochala (pass ).
These two peaks have been declared by Sikkim Govt.
as trekking peaks in 1990. Since then it had caught
the eyes of many mountaineers, but it has only been
appreciated much then climbed. |
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Mount
Pandim from the Goechala Pass, its a looking back
kind of shot. Right up front is Kanchenjunga but
thats not in the shot here. Oftentimes in this
altitude a beautiful sight can be fleeting and
obscured by the moving clouds.
The
main peak in the middle is Mt.Narshing(19600 ft).It
was first ascent by Dr.AM Kellas(SUI) in 1922.But
now climbing has been banned by Govt of Sikkim.
