The gigantic mountains around the world attract numerous people with their beauty, heavenly silence and magnificence. No matter what happens, the mountains remain unmoved, and they are one of the greatest gifts that nature has given to humanity. They are home to 15% of the world's human population and host about half of the world's biodiversity hotspots. Mountains provide freshwater for everyday life to half of humanity on earth. But unfortunately, mountains are under threat from over-exploitation, and thus the World Mountain Day is celebrated worldwide.
Conserves of these natural treasures and increasing attention to the significance of mountains led the United Nations to declare to 2002 the UN International Year of Mountains. In 2003, the first international day was celebrated for the first time. In 2020, the theme for World Mountain Day is ‘Mountain Biodiversity’ to celebrate the rich biodiversity of the mountains. The stunning biodiversity of these mountains attracts numerous people around the world. Similarly, it takes an enormous amount of physical and mental strength to conquer them. And only a few people dare to take down the challenge and adventure to reach the top of the highest mountains in the world. Collecting the exact list of unclimbed highest mountains in the world has always been a matter of debate. So here is the list some of the most difficult and unclimbed mountains in the world.
1. Gangkhar Puensum, Bhutan-China Border:
Gangkhar Puensum is believed to be the world's highest unclimbed mountain with the elevation of 7,570 metres. The meaning of its name means ‘White Peak of the Three Spiritual Brothers’. Gangkhar Puensum may only be the 40th highest mountain in the world, but it is very likely the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. Since 2003, climbing the mountains like Gangkhar Puensum is prohibited in Bhutan under the law made in 1994, which prohibited climbing mountains higher than 6000m out of respect for local spiritual beliefs.
2. The South Kabru Summit, India & Nepal:
The Kabru mountain is located in the Himalayas on the border of India and eastern Nepal. Kabru mountain is a significant part of a ridge that extends south from Kangchenjunga and is the southernmost elevation of 7412m in the world. The wonderful Kabru mountain is in two summits, the north and south. The Kabru North Summit has been conquered, but the South Summit remains unconquered. The South Summit sits at a height of 7318m and is infamous for frequent avalanches in the region.
3. Mount Siple, Antarctica:
Mount Siple is much shorter than all other gigantic unclimbed mountains in the world and the remoteness of Siple Island off Antarctica gives Mount Siple the potential to be the most remote mountain never climbed. It is also a potentially active Antarctic shield volcano, rising to 3,110 metres and dominating the northwestern part of Siple Island, which is separated from the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land, by the Getz Ice Shelf. The youthful appearance of this mountain strongly suggests that it provides a one-of-a-kind climbing opportunity.
4. Mount Kailash, Tibet, China:
Mount Kailash is an extremely sacred mountain in the religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism. Mount Kailash is at an elevation of 6,638m in the Kailash Range, which forms part of the Transhmalaya, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The Chinese authorities permitted a Spanish attempt in 2001 but were met with local and international disapprovals. With that event, the Chinese decided to ban all attempts to climb the Kailash Mountain. Some people believe that there some kind of divine power and some people think about the difficult natural circumstances make Mount Kailash an impossible place to conquer.
5. Muchu Chhish, Pakistan:
Located in Pakistan, the Muchu Chhish Mountain is likely the tallest unclimbed mountain that anyone can ‘legally’ climb. Muchu Chhish is also known as Batura V and it is at the height of 7,452m in Batura Muztagh sub-range of the Karakoram in Pakistan. It is legal to climb this gigantic mountain, and the police won't stand in anyone's way, but Muchu Chhish itself halts the folks. In an extremely remote area of Western Karakoram, the mountain doesn't have a very long past of climbers and even the recent attempt from mountaineer Peter Thompson didn't produce the full result needed to take this off this list of great unclimbed mountains.
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Reference:
- www.un.org
- www.nationalgeographic.com
- www.nation.com
- www.wikipedia.com