Talk:Kangchenjunga

message: What happend in 1975 to suddenly make it the tallest peak in India? srs 21:42, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Kanchenjunga is in Sikkim and Nepal boarder, which was independent until 1975. The highest mountain in India before then was Nanda Devi, in Uttaranchal. (But note that India claims the whole of Kashmir, including the Karakoram; under this interpretation the highest peak in India has always been K2.) Gdr 22:05, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  After 1975 it became the tallest peak in India. 

message: Please stop adding these unsourced claims that the Kangchenjunga main peak is wholly in India. It is on the border. It is the 8586m peak shown on official Nepalese mapping. Viewfinder 06:20, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with  Viewfinder, apart from everything else thats known, the massif according to the Himalayan Club (founded in Kolkata (1928), India), taken from the 50th renunion of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga, is located at 27' 42'09" North by 88' 09'01" East, "Kangchejunga straddles the border between the Western frontier of Sikkim, India and the North East corner of Nepal".  If you want this data put in I'll gladly insert it and create the citation with the ISBN. Just noticed its sort of there. I've got another query below.  (Gowron 09:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nepal-India border 

message: The items in the Climbing History section variously used the past and the present tense ('x was/is the first ...'), sometimes even switching within an item. I have standardised on the past tense as that was the majority (and in my opinion is the correct way to describe events that happened in the past). PhilUK (talk) 17:02, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of past/present tense 

message: Nice Pic, 94.195.201.12   Could you possibly identify the direction of view, or more specifically, the face of the mountain show?  Thanks.  Ratagonia (talk) 01:28, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: From Pangpema one gets full view of Kangchenjunga's North Face. For further imagery check the Kangchenjunga pages on summitpost [especially those made by Nelson Chenkin and John Zijlstra, both of my friends who've been to Kangchenjunga several times].  Qwrk (talk) 11:50, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  View from Pang Pengma 

message: I'm pretty sure, that this link is incorrect. It does not point to the alpinist Aleister Crowley. Am I right?
--18.197.1.121 (talk) 03:16, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: * No, yes... It is the same Aleister Crowley.  Interesting fellow, eh?  Ratagonia (talk) 05:44, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to Aleister Crowley 

message: In Mossdale and Other Caving and Climbing Miscellania by Robert D. Leakey, due for publication in 2011, there is an account and photographs of an unofficial expedition to the summit by a group of soldiers during World War 2.  --- When the book is published, this can perhaps be included.  Ratagonia (talk) 01:26, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  British Army Ascent 

message: It says the people "worship" this mountain ?   Do they really ?  The fact that people venerate some place , or consider it to be sacred ,  because it is the "abode of the gods"  or some other reason,    does not mean that they actually worship the mountain.Eregli bob (talk) 02:10, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worship ? 

message: I have deleted this claim, despite an academic document being cited in favour of it. I cannot find any evidence from the document that it does actually source this claim to the Geologic Survey of India. But what the document, which is on the general subject of remote sensing, does do is cite "topographic information from the void-free and hydrologically-sound Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM, provided by CGIAR [58]". That is stuff and nonsense. I am familiar with both SRTM and CGIAR. CGIAR's local  hydrologic accuracy is adequate, but here SRTM is not its main local source. In area of very high relief SRTM is neither void free nor hydrologically sound, and Kangchenjunga is no exception. I am especially familiar with CGIAR's additional source here for the simple reason that my site supplied it and CGIAR have acknowledged this! This is an illustration of the pitfalls of regarding academic papers and other "reliable sources", which are often out of date or cite old data, as gospel in preference to more recent studies. Viewfinder (talk) 11:53, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  8598 height claim 

message: Sorry, I messed up when I tried to undo this move from "Kangchenjunga" to "Kangchanjanga". I moved it to "Kangchenjanga", having failed to notice that two letters were changed. 
The correct, commonname seems to be "Kangchenjunga" (ca. 507,000 Google hits). Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 14:33, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Something must have happened with my cache not refreshing. I've moved the page to Kangchenjunga. Mkdwtalk 16:25, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  thank you very much! And sorry again fpr messing-up. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 17:42, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: NB: "Kangchanjanga" has only 37 hits at Google. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 17:44, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move 

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message: I'm away from my library but at least Messner is mentioned. His main book and its English translation (All 8 KM Peaks) should at least be cited in the Further Reading section. If not, I'll get to it when I get home. 140.221.190.221 (talk) 15:07, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should add Messner book references 

message: Fhghhh 103.252.166.54 (talk) 15:30, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Try reading the article, which clearly states "It lies between India and Nepal, with three of the five peaks, namely Main, Central and South, directly on the border," - Arjayay (talk) 15:40, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where is Kanchenjunga located?