Round Kangchenjunga: A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration
"The book is one of the best that has been published on mountain exploration." -The Academy, 1904
"The book cannot but prove fascinating even to those not bitten with the love of mountain-climbing." -American Geographical Society, 1904
"A real contribution to the literature of mountain travel and exploration." -Dial, 1904
Considered the highest mountain in the world until 1852, Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world, lying between Nepal and Sikkim, India, with three of the five peaks directly on the border.
As detailed in his 1903 book "Round Kangchenjunga," in 1899, Douglas Freshfield and his companions journeyed through Sikhim and Eastern Nepal, with the intention of making the tour of the great mountain Kangchenjunga, a feat that had not previously been accomplished by Europeans.
They started from the last village of the Teesta valley, near the frontier of Tibet, crossed in a five-days' march a pass of over twenty thousand feet, and within three weeks reached the village of Kangbacken in the forbidden land of Nepal. After ten days in Nepal the party returned to Sikhim, and skirted the southern flank of the mountain,— thus accomplishing their aim.
The composition of the exploring party was all that could be desired. Freshfield and Professor Garwood were well-known Alpine climbers, the latter being also an expert surveyor and geologist. Signor Vittorio Sella has long been known as one of the first mountain photographers in Europe, and on this occasion he was assisted by his brother, Signor Erminio Sella, and a young Piedmontese. A Swiss guide and Mr. Dover, the Inspector of Roads in Sikhim, completed the party.
The travellers, who proposed to make a high-level tour of the mighty peak of Kangchenjunga, found their plans, summarily upset, as the storm brought 3 feet of freshly fallen snow on the passes they had intended to cross. It is a strange example of the irony of fate that the largest and best equipped expedition which ever set out to explore the Eastern Himalaya should have encountered almost at its start the severest storm that had been known in Sikhim for many years.
In describing peculiarities of the Gurkhas who accompanied them, Freshfield writes:
"We had been much amused in the morning by the pains taken by our Gurkhas with their toilette. Their mustachios, which had hitherto only been stiffened by frost, were now waxed and curled in a most ornate and imposing manner. The first effect was unfortunate, for our Italian guide was so overcome by the appearance of a particularly tempting pair that he ventured to tweak them, and we had to soothe the feelings of the Gurkha..."
After illegally crossing the border into Nepal, they were confronted by a Nepalese border official:
"A hitch had occurred owing to the intrusion on the scene of a Nepalese Customs Officer. He appeared anxious to assert his authority in two matters, first by hindering us from being supplied with provisions by the villagers, and next by confiscating our arms. As the Customs Officer had no force whatever behind his exceedingly slender personality, we treated him with somewhat severe courtesy....We owed our avoidance of any trouble to our entrance by an unguarded back-door, and the relative rapidity of our march."
Freshfield does not hesitate to prophesy that Kangchenjunga and its loftier rivals will one day have a flag on their summits. However every subsequent climber has since stopped short of the mountain's summit in accordance with a promise given to the Chogyal that the top of the mountain would remain intact.
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"The book cannot but prove fascinating even to those not bitten with the love of mountain-climbing." -American Geographical Society, 1904
"A real contribution to the literature of mountain travel and exploration." -Dial, 1904
Considered the highest mountain in the world until 1852, Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world, lying between Nepal and Sikkim, India, with three of the five peaks directly on the border.
As detailed in his 1903 book "Round Kangchenjunga," in 1899, Douglas Freshfield and his companions journeyed through Sikhim and Eastern Nepal, with the intention of making the tour of the great mountain Kangchenjunga, a feat that had not previously been accomplished by Europeans.
They started from the last village of the Teesta valley, near the frontier of Tibet, crossed in a five-days' march a pass of over twenty thousand feet, and within three weeks reached the village of Kangbacken in the forbidden land of Nepal. After ten days in Nepal the party returned to Sikhim, and skirted the southern flank of the mountain,— thus accomplishing their aim.
The composition of the exploring party was all that could be desired. Freshfield and Professor Garwood were well-known Alpine climbers, the latter being also an expert surveyor and geologist. Signor Vittorio Sella has long been known as one of the first mountain photographers in Europe, and on this occasion he was assisted by his brother, Signor Erminio Sella, and a young Piedmontese. A Swiss guide and Mr. Dover, the Inspector of Roads in Sikhim, completed the party.
The travellers, who proposed to make a high-level tour of the mighty peak of Kangchenjunga, found their plans, summarily upset, as the storm brought 3 feet of freshly fallen snow on the passes they had intended to cross. It is a strange example of the irony of fate that the largest and best equipped expedition which ever set out to explore the Eastern Himalaya should have encountered almost at its start the severest storm that had been known in Sikhim for many years.
In describing peculiarities of the Gurkhas who accompanied them, Freshfield writes:
"We had been much amused in the morning by the pains taken by our Gurkhas with their toilette. Their mustachios, which had hitherto only been stiffened by frost, were now waxed and curled in a most ornate and imposing manner. The first effect was unfortunate, for our Italian guide was so overcome by the appearance of a particularly tempting pair that he ventured to tweak them, and we had to soothe the feelings of the Gurkha..."
After illegally crossing the border into Nepal, they were confronted by a Nepalese border official:
"A hitch had occurred owing to the intrusion on the scene of a Nepalese Customs Officer. He appeared anxious to assert his authority in two matters, first by hindering us from being supplied with provisions by the villagers, and next by confiscating our arms. As the Customs Officer had no force whatever behind his exceedingly slender personality, we treated him with somewhat severe courtesy....We owed our avoidance of any trouble to our entrance by an unguarded back-door, and the relative rapidity of our march."
Freshfield does not hesitate to prophesy that Kangchenjunga and its loftier rivals will one day have a flag on their summits. However every subsequent climber has since stopped short of the mountain's summit in accordance with a promise given to the Chogyal that the top of the mountain would remain intact.
Round Kangchenjunga: A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration
"The book is one of the best that has been published on mountain exploration." -The Academy, 1904
"The book cannot but prove fascinating even to those not bitten with the love of mountain-climbing." -American Geographical Society, 1904
"A real contribution to the literature of mountain travel and exploration." -Dial, 1904
Considered the highest mountain in the world until 1852, Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world, lying between Nepal and Sikkim, India, with three of the five peaks directly on the border.
As detailed in his 1903 book "Round Kangchenjunga," in 1899, Douglas Freshfield and his companions journeyed through Sikhim and Eastern Nepal, with the intention of making the tour of the great mountain Kangchenjunga, a feat that had not previously been accomplished by Europeans.
They started from the last village of the Teesta valley, near the frontier of Tibet, crossed in a five-days' march a pass of over twenty thousand feet, and within three weeks reached the village of Kangbacken in the forbidden land of Nepal. After ten days in Nepal the party returned to Sikhim, and skirted the southern flank of the mountain,— thus accomplishing their aim.
The composition of the exploring party was all that could be desired. Freshfield and Professor Garwood were well-known Alpine climbers, the latter being also an expert surveyor and geologist. Signor Vittorio Sella has long been known as one of the first mountain photographers in Europe, and on this occasion he was assisted by his brother, Signor Erminio Sella, and a young Piedmontese. A Swiss guide and Mr. Dover, the Inspector of Roads in Sikhim, completed the party.
The travellers, who proposed to make a high-level tour of the mighty peak of Kangchenjunga, found their plans, summarily upset, as the storm brought 3 feet of freshly fallen snow on the passes they had intended to cross. It is a strange example of the irony of fate that the largest and best equipped expedition which ever set out to explore the Eastern Himalaya should have encountered almost at its start the severest storm that had been known in Sikhim for many years.
In describing peculiarities of the Gurkhas who accompanied them, Freshfield writes:
"We had been much amused in the morning by the pains taken by our Gurkhas with their toilette. Their mustachios, which had hitherto only been stiffened by frost, were now waxed and curled in a most ornate and imposing manner. The first effect was unfortunate, for our Italian guide was so overcome by the appearance of a particularly tempting pair that he ventured to tweak them, and we had to soothe the feelings of the Gurkha..."
After illegally crossing the border into Nepal, they were confronted by a Nepalese border official:
"A hitch had occurred owing to the intrusion on the scene of a Nepalese Customs Officer. He appeared anxious to assert his authority in two matters, first by hindering us from being supplied with provisions by the villagers, and next by confiscating our arms. As the Customs Officer had no force whatever behind his exceedingly slender personality, we treated him with somewhat severe courtesy....We owed our avoidance of any trouble to our entrance by an unguarded back-door, and the relative rapidity of our march."
Freshfield does not hesitate to prophesy that Kangchenjunga and its loftier rivals will one day have a flag on their summits. However every subsequent climber has since stopped short of the mountain's summit in accordance with a promise given to the Chogyal that the top of the mountain would remain intact.
"The book cannot but prove fascinating even to those not bitten with the love of mountain-climbing." -American Geographical Society, 1904
"A real contribution to the literature of mountain travel and exploration." -Dial, 1904
Considered the highest mountain in the world until 1852, Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world, lying between Nepal and Sikkim, India, with three of the five peaks directly on the border.
As detailed in his 1903 book "Round Kangchenjunga," in 1899, Douglas Freshfield and his companions journeyed through Sikhim and Eastern Nepal, with the intention of making the tour of the great mountain Kangchenjunga, a feat that had not previously been accomplished by Europeans.
They started from the last village of the Teesta valley, near the frontier of Tibet, crossed in a five-days' march a pass of over twenty thousand feet, and within three weeks reached the village of Kangbacken in the forbidden land of Nepal. After ten days in Nepal the party returned to Sikhim, and skirted the southern flank of the mountain,— thus accomplishing their aim.
The composition of the exploring party was all that could be desired. Freshfield and Professor Garwood were well-known Alpine climbers, the latter being also an expert surveyor and geologist. Signor Vittorio Sella has long been known as one of the first mountain photographers in Europe, and on this occasion he was assisted by his brother, Signor Erminio Sella, and a young Piedmontese. A Swiss guide and Mr. Dover, the Inspector of Roads in Sikhim, completed the party.
The travellers, who proposed to make a high-level tour of the mighty peak of Kangchenjunga, found their plans, summarily upset, as the storm brought 3 feet of freshly fallen snow on the passes they had intended to cross. It is a strange example of the irony of fate that the largest and best equipped expedition which ever set out to explore the Eastern Himalaya should have encountered almost at its start the severest storm that had been known in Sikhim for many years.
In describing peculiarities of the Gurkhas who accompanied them, Freshfield writes:
"We had been much amused in the morning by the pains taken by our Gurkhas with their toilette. Their mustachios, which had hitherto only been stiffened by frost, were now waxed and curled in a most ornate and imposing manner. The first effect was unfortunate, for our Italian guide was so overcome by the appearance of a particularly tempting pair that he ventured to tweak them, and we had to soothe the feelings of the Gurkha..."
After illegally crossing the border into Nepal, they were confronted by a Nepalese border official:
"A hitch had occurred owing to the intrusion on the scene of a Nepalese Customs Officer. He appeared anxious to assert his authority in two matters, first by hindering us from being supplied with provisions by the villagers, and next by confiscating our arms. As the Customs Officer had no force whatever behind his exceedingly slender personality, we treated him with somewhat severe courtesy....We owed our avoidance of any trouble to our entrance by an unguarded back-door, and the relative rapidity of our march."
Freshfield does not hesitate to prophesy that Kangchenjunga and its loftier rivals will one day have a flag on their summits. However every subsequent climber has since stopped short of the mountain's summit in accordance with a promise given to the Chogyal that the top of the mountain would remain intact.
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| Publisher: | Far West Travel Adventure |
| Publication date: | 07/30/2022 |
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