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'''Siniolchu''' is one of the tallest mountains of the [[India]]n [[states and territories of India|state]] of [[Sikkim]]. The {{convert|6888|m|ft|0}} mountain is considered to be particularly aesthetically attractive, having been described by [[Douglas Freshfield]] as "the most superb triumph of mountain architecture and the most beautiful snow mountain in the world".<ref>{{cite book |title=Sikkim: A Traveller's Guide |last1=Ray |first1=Arundhati |last2=Das|first2=Sujoy |publisher=Orient Longman |isbn=978-81-7824-008-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xnw-2sU1KMoC&pg=PA22|year=2001|page=22}}</ref> It is situated near the green lake adjacent to [[Kangchenjunga]], the highest peak in the state and third highest in the world. | '''Siniolchu''' is one of the tallest mountains of the [[India]]n [[states and territories of India|state]] of [[Sikkim]]. The {{convert|6888|m|ft|0}} mountain is considered to be particularly aesthetically attractive, having been described by [[Douglas Freshfield]] as "the most superb triumph of mountain architecture and the most beautiful snow mountain in the world".<ref>{{cite book |title=Sikkim: A Traveller's Guide |last1=Ray |first1=Arundhati |last2=Das|first2=Sujoy |publisher=Orient Longman |isbn=978-81-7824-008-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xnw-2sU1KMoC&pg=PA22|year=2001|page=22}}</ref> It is situated near the green lake adjacent to [[Kangchenjunga]], the highest peak in the state and third highest in the world. | ||
== Climbing history == | |||
Siniolchu's summit was first scaled in 1936 by the [[Germany|German]] climbers [[Karl Wien]] and [[Adi Göttner]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Abode of the Snow |last=Mason |first=Kenneth |year=1955 |publisher=Rupert Hart-Davis |pages=[https://archive.org/details/abodeofsnowhisto0000maso/page/275 275–276] |isbn=978-0-906371-91-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/abodeofsnowhisto0000maso/page/275 }}Reprinted 1987 by Diadem Books</ref> Later Sikkimese Everest climber, [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)|Sonam Gyatso]], also scaled the top. | Siniolchu's summit was first scaled in 1936 by the [[Germany|German]] climbers [[Karl Wien]] and [[Adi Göttner]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Abode of the Snow |last=Mason |first=Kenneth |year=1955 |publisher=Rupert Hart-Davis |pages=[https://archive.org/details/abodeofsnowhisto0000maso/page/275 275–276] |isbn=978-0-906371-91-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/abodeofsnowhisto0000maso/page/275 }}Reprinted 1987 by Diadem Books</ref> Later Sikkimese Everest climber, [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)|Sonam Gyatso]], also scaled the top. | ||