{"id":12602,"date":"2024-06-16T10:48:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T10:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=12602"},"modified":"2024-06-16T10:48:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T10:48:09","slug":"mountain-significantly-smaller-than-everest-has-never-been-climbed-by-a-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=12602","title":{"rendered":"Mountain significantly smaller than Everest has never been climbed by a human"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mountain remains untouched but for some very important reasons<\/h2>\n

It’s safe to say Mount Everest is pretty big, 8,849 metres high to be exact.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite that, many thousands make the huge trek in the Himalaya mountain range located between Nepal and Tibet every single year.<\/p>\n

However, there is one mountain smaller than Everest that no human has ever climbed before.<\/p>\n

But where is it?<\/p>\n

Well, Mount Kailash resides in the Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China, and with an altitude of 6,714 metres (22028 feet), it\u2019s approximately 2,000 metres smaller than Everest.<\/p>\n

The untouched mountain is known as \u2018kailasa\u2019 in Sanskrit, which roughly translates to mean ‘crystal’.<\/p>\n

However, the Tibetan translation indicates a completely different meaning.<\/p>\n

It means \u2018precious jewel of snows\u2019 – thanks to its snowy peaks.<\/p>\n

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Mount Kailasa. (Liu Xiaodong\/VCG via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

And with such a smaller journey to the top, you might be wondering why nobody has attempted the climb.<\/p>\n

The answer is quite simple, it holds a lot of\u00a0religious\u00a0<\/a>significance in a lot of faiths.<\/p>\n

For example, Hindus, believe that the mountain is the home of the god Shiva, while Buddhists believe that it is the navel of the universe.<\/p>\n

In Hinduism, it is said that Shiva sits in lotus position, engaged in deep meditation within the confines of this mountain.<\/p>\n

While in Buddhism, it is home to Demchok, who represents pure bliss.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s no surprise that the Chinese government went on the ban any public climbing activity on it.<\/p>\n

However, there has been a consistent influx of pilgrims hailing from India, Tibet, Nepal, and various other nations who embark on a journey to venerate the mountain.<\/p>\n

But nonetheless, it\u2019s not open to the public and pilgrimages are only undertaken on a path around the mountain.<\/p>\n

Asides from its religious significance, it is also physically impossible to\u00a0travel<\/a>\u00a0up the mountain because of its ‘pyramid-like shape’ and snowy landscape.<\/p>\n

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The mountain remains untouched. (CFOTO\/Future Publishing via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The mountain also has powerful gusts of wind which, along with it’s tough\u00a0weather<\/a>\u00a0conditions, can make stability hard to maintain.<\/p>\n

But there have been times where people have attempted to climb it.<\/p>\n

Hugh Ruttledge, a British mountaineer, began studying the north face of the mountain but was told that it was ‘utterly unclimbable’ by The British Mountaineering Association.<\/p>\n

However, he believed he had figured out a route to the summit, but didn’t make it in time before Tibetan winter struck.<\/p>\n

The only person who was actually offered an expedition was mountaineer Reinhold Messner who was given permission by the government.<\/p>\n

But he declined because of the mountain’s holy significance, reportedly saying in a letter: “If we conquer this mountain, then we conquer something in people’s souls. I would suggest they go and climb something a little harder.<\/p>\n

“Kailash is not so high and not so hard.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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