KlNCHINJUNGA.

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K2 has always been supposed to be the second highest mountain on the earth, but its height does not differ much from that of Kinchinjunga, and we cannot yet state with certainty which is the higher of the two. The following extract is from Colonel Tanner's report for 1883-84:



Kangchenjunga 

Chouda Pheri, Sikkim

Elevation: 8,586 m (28,169 ft)
Ranked 3rd

Kinchinjunga is a better known mountain than any in the Himalaya, and it is perhaps, with one exception, the grandest in the whole range. It is regarded by the permanent residents of Darjeeling with admiration that never palls, and although it is constantly, in clear weather, a prominent object in their front, the beholder is never wearied of studying the great snow slopes and ice fields which cover its sides.


The aspect of the mountain has many phases which constantly alter its appearance from day "to day. It is seen to best advantage when its base is veiled in a delicate curtain of clouds, so that "the imagination is allowed to magnify the part which is hidden from view. From Darjeeling and from Sandakphu Kabruf appears as a straight-topped and uninteresting ridge of snow, standing slightly away from the central peaks of Kinchinjunga, but at a distance of 100 miles from points in the Purnea district of Bengal a telescope reveals the fact that "the face of Kabru presented towards Darjeeling is only one side of a huge snow-clad tableland "(24000 feet), quite smooth at the top with a very slight slope down to the westward. Kabru is "connected with the second highest peak of Kinchinjunga (27803 feet) by a ridge, the very lowest "depression of which has an altitude of 22100 feet.

In 1883 Mr. W. W. Graham claimed to have climbed Kabru, but his claim has been disputed by many authorities, though recognized by others. Colonel Tanner thought that Graham had mistaken a lower peak for Kabru.

Although the snow-line in Sikkim is lower than in the Western Himalaya and Karakoram, there are more naked spots on the slopes of Kinchinjunga than at similar altitudes on K2 and Nanga Parbat. 

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