Believe it or not, there are still many unclimbed mountains in the world that, for one reason or another, just haven’t been summited. Usually they are unclimbed because they are extremely remote and hard to access or because there is a mountaineering ban due to their religious significance.
Widely considered the highest unclimbed mountain in the world at 7,570m, Gangkhar Puensum can be found in in Bhutan and lies on the border with China. There have been various attempts at climbing the mountain with one team reaching a subsidiary peak in the late 1990’s, however, the main peak still remains unclimbed. And with Bhutan banning any mountaineering on peaks higher than 6,000m out of respect for spiritual beliefs, it looks as though Gangkhar Puensum may continue to stay that way.
