CLIMBING HIMALAYAS
EXPLORERS BEGIN THREEYEAR EXPEDITION TO ASCEND KUNCHINJUNGA Reed. 9.5 a.m. DELHI, Monday. A scientific party that is exploring and climbing Kunchinjunga has arrived at Delhi, where final arrangements are being made . Members of the Himalayan Club are giving all possible assistance, and General Birdwood is lending a Gurkha officer. The expedition is expected to occupy three years. Kunchinjunga is one of the loftiest of the Himalayan Mountains, and for a time was thought to be the second summit of the globe. It lies about 75 miles south-east of Mount Everest, and is extensively glaciated. It has two peaks, the west one of which is 28,156 feet high.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 924, 18 March 1930, Page 9
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109CLIMBING HIMALAYAS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 924, 18 March 1930, Page 9
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