No One Has Ever Climbed Gangkhar Puensum

Mount Everest has been climbed by about 4,000 individuals. Only 400 people have successfully ascended K2. Numerous other summits have been conquered by thousands of additional climbers. The genuinely daring daredevils out there even free-climb some of them. Despite this, there are countless mountains in the globe that have never been scaled. Gangkhar Puensum is the tallest of all of them. With a height of 24,836 feet or 7,570 meters, it is Bhutan's tallest mountain. It is therefore around 1,000 meters shorter than K2. So why hasn't anyone tried to climb it? Not at all.

Mountain climbing is not permitted in Bhutan. In the nation, you are permitted to climb smaller peaks, but anything over 6,000 meters is prohibited. No one had ever reached the top of the mountain despite previous attempts. If anyone is going to have the opportunity to climb the mountain in the future, the Bhutanese government needs to change its mind about the law, which has been in effect since 1994.