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Date: 25/05/1955
On 25 May 1955, Joe Brown and George Band reached the summit of Kangchenjunga for the first time, with Brown climbing a rock face just below the summit. Norman Hardie and Tony Streather reached the summit the following day, but found a snow slope that allowed them to bypass the difficult rock face. The British expedition respected the beliefs of the Sikkimese, who regard the peak as sacred, by stopping a few metres below the actual summit.