1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition

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The 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition was the mountaineering team that achieved the first successful ascent of Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British expedition ⓘ
Himalayan climbing expedition ⓘ
mountaineering expedition ⓘ
achievement first successful ascent of the world’s third-highest mountain ⓘ
category 1955 in mountaineering ⓘ
Mountaineering expeditions to Kangchenjunga ⓘ
climbedInRange Himalayas ⓘ
climbedInSubrange Kangchenjunga Himal ⓘ
linked to: Kangchenjunga
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfSummit 25 May 1955 ⓘ
documentedBy Charles Evans ⓘ
documentedIn The Kangchenjunga Adventure ⓘ
era post-war Himalayan climbing period ⓘ
firstAscentOf Kangchenjunga ⓘ
firstSummitParty George Band ⓘ
Joe Brown ⓘ
hasObjective first ascent of Kangchenjunga ⓘ
leader Charles Evans ⓘ
ledBy Charles Evans ⓘ
mountainClimbed Kangchenjunga ⓘ
mountainHeightClimbed 8586 m ⓘ
mountainRankByHeight third-highest mountain in the world ⓘ
nationalityOfTeam British ⓘ
notableFor adherence to local religious customs ⓘ
technical difficulty of route ⓘ
notableMember George Band ⓘ
Joe Brown ⓘ
Norman Hardie ⓘ
Tony Streather ⓘ
organizedBy Alpine Club (UK) ⓘ
linked to: Alpine Club

Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
precededBy 1953 British Mount Everest expedition ⓘ
reasonForStoppingShort respect for Sikkimese religious beliefs ⓘ
respectedLocalBeliefs yes ⓘ
secondSummitParty Norman Hardie ⓘ
Tony Streather ⓘ
sponsor British Mount Everest Foundation ⓘ
startYear 1955 ⓘ
stoppedDistanceBelowSummit a few feet ⓘ
styleOfClimbing siege style ⓘ
summitPractice stoppedShortOfTrueSummit ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Sikkim region ⓘ
linked to: Sikkim

border area of India and Nepal ⓘ
usedHighAltitudePortersFrom Sherpa community ⓘ
usedRoute Southwest Face route on Kangchenjunga ⓘ
usedSupplementaryOxygen yes ⓘ
year 1955 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kangchenjunga → firstAscentExpedition → 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition ⓘ
George Band → memberOf → 1955 Kangchenjunga expedition ⓘ
linked to: 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition
The Kangchenjunga Adventure → mainSubject → 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition ⓘ
Norman Hardie → memberOfExpedition → 1955 Kangchenjunga expedition ⓘ
linked to: 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition
Southwest Face route on Kangchenjunga → associatedWith → 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition ⓘ
Southwest Face route on Kangchenjunga → firstAscentExpedition → 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition ⓘ