Editing Kangchenjunga (section)

===Other notable ascents===
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* 1973 Yutaka Ageta and Takeo Matsuda of the Japanese expedition summited Kangchenjunga West by climbing the southwestern ridge. Matsuda never returned to camp and his body was never found. The expedition concluded that he had fallen during descent when he was separated from Ageta.<ref name=AJ_1975>{{cite journal |author =Higuchi, H. |journal=Alpine Journal |title=The First Ascent of Yalung Kang |year=1975 |pages=17–27 |url=https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1975_files/AJ%201975%2017-27%20Higuchi%20YKang.pdf |access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref>
* 1977 The second ascent of Kangchenjunga, by an Indian Army team led by [[Colonel Narendra Kumar]]. They completed the northeast spur, the difficult ridge that defeated German expeditions in 1929 and 1931.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=American Alpine Journal |title=Kangchenjunga from the East |author=Kumar, N. |year=1978 |url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12197844700/Kanchenjunga-from-the-East |access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref>
* 1978 {{ill|Wojciech Wróż|pl}} and {{ill|Eugeniusz Chrobak|pl}} made the first successful ascents of the summits [[Kangchenjunga South]] on 19 May; and Wojciech Brański, [[Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich]], [[Kazimierz Olech]] on 22 May on Kangchenjunga Central.<ref>{{cite book |author=Wróż, W |title=Święta góra Sikkimu. Zapiski z wyprawy na Kangchendzongę Południową |place=Warszawa |publisher=Sport i Turystyka |year=1982 |isbn=83-217-2377-2 |lang=pl |trans-title=Sacred Mountain of Sikkim. Notes from an expedition to Kangchendzonga South}}</ref>
* 1979 The third ascent on 16 May, and the first without oxygen, by [[Doug Scott]], [[Peter Boardman]] and [[Joe Tasker]], establishing a new route on the North Ridge.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Scott |first=D. K. |title=Kangchenjunga from the North |journal=American Alpine Journal |volume=22 |issue=53 |pages=437–444 |year=1980 |url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198043700/Kangchenjunga-from-the-North}}</ref>
* 1985 The first winter attempt, by a team of three led by the American Chris Chandler, from the north side. Chandler died on the unsuccessful attempt.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Asia, Nepal, Kangchenjunga Tragedy |journal=American Alpine Journal |date=1985 |volume=27 |issue=59 |pages=250–251 |url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198525002}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Living on the Edge: The Winter Ascent of Kanchenjunga |date=1987|first=C. |last=Bremer-Kamp |isbn=9780715390030 |publisher=David & Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0RuCAAAAMAAJ&q=9780715390030}}</ref>
* 1986 The first ascent in winter, by Jerzy Kukuczka and Krzysztof Wielicki on 11 January 1986, they followed the route from the SW which was pioneered during the original first ascent.<ref name=KW-hj>{{cite journal |title=Kangchenjunga climbed in winter |journal=Himalayan Journal|date=1987|first=A. | last=Machnik |volume=43 |pages=7–9 |url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/43/3/kangchenjunga-climbed-in-winter/}}</ref><ref name=KW-jk>{{cite book |title=My Vertical World: Climbing the 8000-Metre Peaks |date=1992 |first=J. |last=Kukuczka |isbn=0340534850 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3ATAQAAIAAJ}}</ref>
* 1992 [[Carlos Carsolio]] made the only summit that year. It was in a solo climb without supplementary oxygen.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
* 1995 [[Benoît Chamoux]], [[Pierre Royer]] and their Sherpa guide Riku disappeared on 6 October near the summit.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Braham |first=T. |title=Forty Years after the First Ascent of Kangchenjunga |journal=The Alpine Journal |pages=57–58 |year=1996 |url=https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1996_files/AJ%201996%2057-58%20Braham%20Kangchenjunga.pdf}}</ref>
* 1998 [[Ginette Harrison]] was the first woman to climb Kangchenjunga's North Face.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/harrison.htm |title=Ginette Harrison |publisher=Everest History}}</ref>
* 2009 [[Edurne Pasaban]], a Spanish mountaineer, reached the summit, becoming the first woman to summit twelve eight-thousanders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.8000ers.com/cms/content/view/54/193/#tables |title=List of Kangchenjunga ascents |publisher=8000ers.com |date=2008 |access-date=14 June 2011}}</ref>
* In May 2009, [[Kinga Baranowska]] was the first Polish woman to reach the summit of Kangchenjunga.<ref>Mysza (2009). [http://wspinanie.pl/serwis/200905/18kinga-baranowska-kangchenjunga.php ''Kinga Baranowska zdobyła Kangchenjungę''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311025837/http://wspinanie.pl/serwis/200905/18kinga-baranowska-kangchenjunga.php |date=11 March 2013}}. wspinanie.pl, 18 May 2009.</ref>
* In 2011, [[Tunç Fındık]] became the first Turkish man to reach the peak of Kangchenjunga, his seventh eight thousander, with Swiss partner Guntis Brandts via the British 1955 SW Face route.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnnturk.com/2011/yasam/diger/05/20/tunc.findik.zirvede/617339.0/ |title=Tunç Fındık zirvede |publisher=CNN Turk |year=2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theuiaa.org/news-163-Member-spotlight-Freedom-lies-in-the-mountains-for-Turkish-climber-Tunc-Findik.html |author=UIAA |title=Member spotlight: Freedom lies in the mountains for Turkish climber Tunc Findik |publisher=International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation |year=2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008212759/http://www.theuiaa.org/news-163-Member-spotlight-Freedom-lies-in-the-mountains-for-Turkish-climber-Tunc-Findik.html |archive-date=8 October 2014}}</ref>
* In May 2011, Indian mountaineers Basanta Singha Roy and [[Debasish Biswas]] successfully scaled Kangchenjunga Main.<ref>{{cite web |date=2011 |url=http://www.mak.org.in/expeditions.php#22 |title=Expeditions |work=Mountaineers' Association |access-date=23 October 2017}}</ref>
* In May 2013, five climbers including Hungarian [[Zsolt Erőss]] and Péter Kiss reached the summit, but disappeared during the descent.<ref>{{cite news |title=5 climbers feared dead on world's 3rd highest peak |date=2013 |work=NBC News |url=http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/24/18472084-5-climbers-feared-dead-on-worlds-3rd-highest-peak?lite |access-date=14 January 2014}}</ref>
* In May 2014, Bulgarian [[Boyan Petrov]] reached the peak without the use of supplemental oxygen.<ref>{{cite news |date=2014 |website=Novinite |url=http://www.novinite.com/articles/160731/Bulgarian+Mountaineer+Boyan+Petrov+Climbs+Kangchenjunga+Summit |title=Bulgarian Mountaineer Boyan Petrov Climbs Kangchenjunga Summit |access-date=23 October 2017}}</ref>
* In May 2014, [[Chhanda Gayen]] was the first Indian woman to summit. She was killed by an avalanche on the descent.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ace mountaineers from across the country hail Gayen's effort |date=2014 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ace-mountaineers-from-across-the-country-hail-Gayens-effort/articleshow/35497291.cms |access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref>
* In May 2022, Indian Narayanan Iyer died during a summit push on the mountain.<ref>{{cite news |date=2022 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-climber-dies-nepal-hiking-official-2022-05-07/ |title=Indian climber dies in Nepal-hiking official |work=Reuters}}</ref>
 
Despite improved climbing gear the fatality rate of climbers attempting to summit Kanchenjunga is high. Since the 1990s, more than 20% of people died while climbing Kanchenjunga's main peak.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hansen, L. |year=2012 |url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/30757/5-mountains-deadlier-everest |title=5 Mountains Deadlier Than Everest |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923175946/http://mentalfloss.com/article/30757/5-mountains-deadlier-everest |archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>