Siniolchu is one of the tallest mountains of the
India
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of
Sikkim
Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Silig ...
. The mountain is considered to be particularly aesthetically attractive, having been described by
Douglas Freshfield
Douglas William Freshfield (27 April 1845 – 9 February 1934) was a British lawyer, mountaineer and author, who edited the ''Alpine Journal ''from 1872 to 1880. He was an active member of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club and ...
as "the most superb triumph of mountain architecture and the most beautiful snow mountain in the world". It is situated near the green lake adjacent to
Kangchenjunga
Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā (), and Khangchendzonga, is the third highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the ''Kangchenjunga Himal'', which is bounded in the west by the ...
.
Climbing history
Siniolchu's summit was first scaled in 1936 by the German climbers
Karl Wien
Karl ("Carlo") Wien (10 September 1906 – ''c.'' 14 June 1937) was a German mountaineer.
Born in Würzburg, Wien was the son of university professor Wilhelm Wien, and became a lecturer himself in the geography department of Munich University ...
and Adi Göttner.
Later Sikkimese Everest climber
Sonam Gyatso also scaled the top.
References
Mountains of Sikkim
Six-thousanders of the Himalayas
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