Tragedy on the World’s Third Highest Peak | Five Mountaineers Die on Kangchenjunga Sad news coming out of the Himalayas today.  5 mountaineers have perished on the world’s 3rd highest peak, 28,169-foot Kangchenjunga. Details are still fuzzy.  All current information is coming from 74-year old Spanish climber, Carlos Soria, who halted his attempted on Kangchenjunga at 27,230 feet after falling behind schedule.  Carlos is attempting to become the oldest climber to summit all […] SnowBrains | May 22, 2013 6 Comments