Explained: Why climbing Mount Kanchenjunga is still a challenge for those who have scaled Everest | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: Why climbing Mount Kanchenjunga is still a challenge for those who have scaled Everest | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by SWEETY KUMARI |Kolkata |Published: May 17, 2019 7:46:18 pm

Explained: Why climbing Mount Kanchenjunga is still a challenge for those who have scaled Everest

In order to examine the circumstances surrounding deaths on expeditions, The Indian Express spoke to professional climbers, mountaineers and trainers.

In order to examine the circumstances surrounding deaths on expeditions, The Indian Express spoke to professional climbers, mountaineers and trainers. (File/PTI)

Two climbers from Kolkata are feared dead on Mount Kanchenjunga, the world’s third highest mountain with an elevation of 8,586 meters. According to reports, both Kolkata residents — Kuntal Karar, 46, and Biplab Baidya, 48 — died after suffering from altitude-related sickness.