Muchu Chhish () is a mountain in the
Batura Muztagh sub-range of the
Karakoram
The Karakoram () is a mountain range in the Kashmir region spanning the border of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwestern extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range is withi ...
in
Hunza Valley
The Hunza Valley (; ) is a mountainous valley located in the northern region of the Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Geography
The valley stretches along the Hunza River and shares borders with Ishkoman Valley, Ishkoman to the northwest, Shigar Val ...
, in northern areas of
Pakistan
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.
[ Located in a very remote and inaccessible region, only a handful of attempts have been made to reach the summit. Muchu Chhish is one of the tallest unclimbed mountains on Earth,]prominence
In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling ...
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 and is nearly impassable from the north due to glacial icefall; most expeditions thus attempt it via the South Ridge of Batura VI to the immediate west. This ridge was climbed by a Polish expedition in 1983 using fixed ropes while making the first ascent of Batura V and VI. 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.
First ascent claim
A Czech team consisting of Zdenek Hak, Radoslav Groh, and Jaroslav Bansky claimed to have reached the summit of Muchu Chhish on July 5, 2024 after a six day climb.
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 t ...
* Highest unclimbed mountain
An unclimbed mountain is a mountain peak that has not been climbed to the top. Determining which unclimbed peak is highest is often a matter of controversy. In some parts of the world, surveying and mapping are still unreliable. There are no comp ...
References
Mountains of Pakistan
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