Muchu Chhish () is a mountain in the
Batura Muztagh sub-range of the
Karakoram in
Hunza Valley
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, a disputed region administrated by
Pakistan
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.
[ The valley is also claimed by India, which considers it to be within the union territory of Ladakh. Located in a very remote and inaccessible region, only a handful of attempts have been made to reach the summit, none successful. Muchu Chhish is one of the tallest mountains on Earth that remain unclimbed and is the tallest one of all that is not off limits due to religious or political prohibitions.]prominence
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, however, rising only above the nearest col or pass.[ The Batura Glacier, one of the longest outside the polar regions, flanks Muchu Chhish to the north.
Muchu Chhish lacks any well-defined northern or southern ridges of its own; most expeditions thus attempt it via the South Ridge of nearby Batura VI (). This ridge was climbed by a Polish expedition in 1983 using fixed ropes while making the first ascent of Batura V () and VI, which are immediately west of Muchu Chhish. One attempt was by a Spanish expedition in 1999, which reached on the south ridge. In 2020, a three-member Czech expedition, including climber Pavel Kořínek and former politician ]Pavel Bém
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, made an attempt, but they did not reach the top due to bad weather. The same climbers tried again in 2021, but that attempt failed due to excessive amounts of snow on the ridge.
See also
* Mountains of Pakistan
Pakistan is home to 108 peaks above 7,000 metres and 4555 above 6,000 m. There is no count of the peaks above 5,000 and 4,000 m. Five of the 14 highest independent peaks in the world (the eight-thousanders) are in Pakistan (four of which lie in ...
* Highest unclimbed mountain
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References
Mountains of Pakistan
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