Posted by Adam Quinan on May 21, 2006 at 22:43:06 from 72.136.51.111 user Adam.
In Reply to: Speaking of Kanchenjunga . . . . . posted by Lyn on May 21, 2006 at 20:27:31:
There were two high profile, but unsuccessful german expeditions in 1929 and 1931, I suspect AR used the name because it was a high mountain and "in the news". The sort of thing that the Walkers would have picked up on. Similarly, the Matterhorn was an iconic mountain for the late Victorians like Master Blackett and the Turners.