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Kanchenjunga Region Archive: Incidents, Rescues and Updates
A running, sourced record of events on Kanchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain, and across Taplejung’s Kanchenjunga Conservation Area: climbing deaths, seasons without summits, development disputes and connectivity.
THE STORY SO FAR · 10 ENTRIES
23 MAY 2026
Update
Event dateReported 23 May 2026 LocationOlangchung Gola (~3,200 m), Phaktanglung Rural Municipality-7, Taplejung TypeInfrastructure and connectivity ProviderNepal Telecom VerificationVerified StatusLive Nepal Telecom switched on 4G data and VoLTE calling in Olangchung Gola, a Walung village near the Tibet border in northern Taplejung and a stop…
11 MAY 2025
Update
Event date11 May 2025 LocationAbout 7,800 m; Camp 4 TypeClimbing accident; rescue and evacuation Deaths1 (Margareta Morin, France) VerificationVerified StatusHistorical / closed French climber Margareta Morin (63), on her first 8,000-metre peak, fell ill during her summit bid and died at about 7,800 metres on…
25 JANUARY 2025
Update
Event date25 January 2025 (clashes); six-point agreement 4 February 2025; protests resumed later in 2025 LocationPathibhara (Mukkumlung), Phungling, Taplejung TypeInfrastructure; community and heritage dispute InjuredSeveral on 25 January; at least 13 in a later clash VerificationVerified StatusUnresolved — update as talks continue A 2.7 km…
11 MAY 2024
Outcome
Event dateSpring 2024 (summit attempts from 11 May) LocationUpper mountain above Camp 4 TypeSeason summary; route and logistics DeathsNone reported VerificationVerified StatusHistorical Despite workable weather, nobody summited Kanchenjunga in spring 2024. After a first summit push from 11 May, a final attempt reached Camp 4,…
25 MAY 2023
Update
Event date25 May 2023 (body found days later) LocationAbout 8,400 m, below the summit TypeClimbing accident; missing persons Deaths1 VerificationVerified StatusHistorical / closed Luis Stitzinger, a well-known German ski mountaineer and expedition leader, climbed Kanchenjunga alone and without supplemental oxygen, reaching the summit on 25…
5 MAY 2022
Update
Event date5 May 2022 (evening) LocationAbout 8,200 m, below the summit TypeClimbing accident Deaths1 VerificationVerified StatusHistorical / closed Narayanan Iyer (52), a climber from Maharashtra on a Pioneer Adventure expedition, died on 5 May 2022 at about 8,200 metres during his summit attempt. The company's…
15 MAY 2019
Update
Event date15 May 2019 LocationNear Camp IV (~7,550–8,000 m) TypeClimbing accident; missing persons Deaths2 (Biplab Baidya; Kuntal Karar) Missing1 (Rodrigo Vivanco, Chile) VerificationVerified StatusHistorical / closed Two members of a five-person team of climbers from West Bengal died high on Kanchenjunga on 15 May 2019.…
25 MAY 1955
Update
— milestone
Event date25 May 1955 LocationKanchenjunga summit (8,586 m), via the Yalung face TypeMajor historical event VerificationVerified StatusHistorical George Band and Joe Brown of a British expedition led by Charles Evans made the first ascent of Kanchenjunga on 25 May 1955; Norman Hardie and Tony Streather…
1 SEPTEMBER 1905
Update
Event date1 September 1905 LocationSouthwest (Yalung) side, between Camps V and III TypeAvalanche; major historical event Deaths4 (Alexis Pache and three porters) VerificationVerified StatusHistorical / closed The first serious attempt on Kanchenjunga, organised by Swiss doctor Jules Jacot-Guillarmod with the British occultist Aleister Crowley as…
29 SEPTEMBER 2026
The Article
Kanchenjunga (8,586 m), the world's third-highest mountain, straddles the border between Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim. On the Nepal side it rises above Taplejung district and the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, one of the least visited trekking regions in the country, reached through Suketar…