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TODAY IN ADVENTURE |
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Mountain Respect |
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On May 25th (that's today!), 1955, Joe Brown and George Band made the first ascent of the world's third-tallest mountain, Kanchenjunga. The team stopped just shy of the actual summit because they promised the Maharaja of Sikkim that the top would remain unaltered. Every climber that has reached the summit since has followed this tradition. Kanchenjunga translated means "The five treasures of snows," and the treasures represent the five repositories of god, which are gold, silver, gems, grain, and holy books. This holy mountain was considered the tallest peak in the world until 1849, when scientific evidence proved otherwise. |
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