A fact from 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 January 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The reasoning behind the Sikkim gov't requesting not to set foot on the summit is discussed in the source and should be synopsized: "Europeans are not alone in admiring it, for the devout Sikkimese,
in whose country the whole East face lies, accord it the reverence given
to a god, and to them we owe its name, Kang-chen-dzo-nga, meaning
' The Five Sacred Treasuries of the Snows.' In their view, any attempt
to climb the mountain, even from the Nepalese side, would be a form
of sacrilege, so it was necessary for Charles Evans to make a special
journey to Gangtok to discuss the problem with the Dewan (their
' Prime Minister '), representing the Sikkim Durbar. His friendly and
understanding mediation resulted in permission for us to continue with
our plans, provided that we pledged ourselves to observe two conditions:
not to go beyond the point on the mountain at which we were assured
of a route to the top, and not, however high our reconnaissance might
take us, to desecrate the immediate neighbourhood of the summit. It
was a happy solution, to which we, as mountaineers, were glad to agree,
and one which promised better for our future friendship than a stiff
ungenerous attitude on either side would have done." HammerFilmFan (talk) 14:38, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
