KATHMANDU: Fourteen mountaineers including four foreigners have today successfully reached the summit of Mount Kanchenjunga.

The climbers who scaled the third highest peak in the world included Yukta, Phursana, Tej, Mingmar, Dawa Yangjom, Dima, Pasang Dorji and Dima Dawa, and four foreigners (one from the United States, two from Taiwan and one from France), said Mingma David Sherpa, manager of the Elite Expedition, which managed their expedition.

Prior to this ascent of the mountain, they successfully scaled Mount Everest, he said.