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(BY Angela Benavides EDIT Brooke Meetze/TinaSjogren) Ten or even five vertical meters below Kangchenjunga summit is not Kangchenjunga summit. It was not a summit for Spanish Jorge Egocheaga when an unstable snow slab stopped him 12 meters from K2 summit in 2009; it was equally clear to Bulgarian Boyan Petrov who reported, by personal integrity, that he turned back 30 meters shy from the top on GII in 2008. And it was evident even to South Korean Oh Eun-Sun on Kangchenjunga. Sirdar Dawa Wangchuck, a supposedly three-time Kangchenjunga summiteer, will have to...
Lhotse Summit Push and Update on Other Teams
