INtaba iKanchenjunga (8586m) iyintaba yesithathu ephakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Itholakala engxenyeni esempumalanga yeNepal, le ntaba ekhangayo ingenye yeziqongo zaseNepal ezidumile kodwa ezingakathintwa futhi ezingavakashi kakhulu. Igama elithi “Kanchenjunga” lisuselwa egameni lesiTibet elithi 'Kanchen' kanye nelithi 'Dzonga' elihunyushwe ngokuthi “Ingcebo Emihlanu Yeqhwa Elikhulu”, njengoba iqukethe iziqongo ezinhlanu, iKanchenjunga I (8586m), iKanchenjunga West (8505m), iKanchenjunga South (8494m) kanye neKangbachen (7903m). Le ndawo ekhangayo yohambo idumile ngemvelo yayo engakathintwa kanye nefa lamasiko labantu abahlala kuyo.
I-Kanchenjunga Expedition iyintaba enkulu, futhi iziqongo eziningi zesathelayithi ziphakama ezindaweni zayo ezincane ezineqhwa . I-Expedition iyintaba ephakeme kakhulu empumalanga yezintaba ezinkulu ezingamamitha angu-8,000 zaseHimalaya.
Umqansa ungowobuchwepheshe, ngisho nomzila ojwayelekile kodwa kuyathakazelisa kakhulu ukukhuphuka ngobuchwepheshe obuyinkimbinkimbi obuxubene namatshe kanye nomqwali weqhwa uye eNorth Col okulandelwa wukukhuphuka okungaqinile okungamamitha ayi-1500 ukuya esicongweni. Ukuqala lolu hambo olujabulisayo lokuya esifundeni esisempumalanga ye-Himalaya e-Nepal kuchume ngobuhle bemvelo namasiko kanye nezindlela zokuhamba ezihamba phambili nezingavamile. Qala le Himalaya enamandla ebukekayo futhi uqoqe ulwazi lwempilo yakho yonke.