The last wilderness......

Gangkhar Puensum, Bhutan. At 7,570 metres (24,836 ft) it’s both the highest mountain in Bhutan and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. There were four attempts to reach the summit in the 1980s, but Bhutan subsequently banned all climbing of mountains higher than 6,000 metres in 1994, and then banned all mountaineering in the country in 2003 in deference to local beliefs. So long as Bhutan remains the last remaining Tibetan Buddhist kingdom, this is unlikely to change.

This means no human will ever go there, unlike almost every other place on Earth

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Jul 5, 2026, 17:12 UTCen