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What mountain is illegal to climb?

No one has ever been recorded to successfully reach the summit of Mount Machhapuchhre with the only attempted effort being in 1957 by a British expedition. Climbing of Mount Machhapuchhre is banned due to the religious significance of the mountain.



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The mountain has claimed over 300 climbers in recent history, and about two-thirds of that number remain on the mountain. The current estimate of remains left behind on Everest total around 200.

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Although there are numerous factors that affect the price of climbing Mount Everest, the average climber can expect to pay anywhere from $30,000-$100,000 or more for a Mount Everest expedition.

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There's just the difficulty, the steepness of the mountain. Also it's further north than Everest, so it is colder. And it's also at the very top of the range, so it's the first mountain to get the big storms from the north. So the winds apparently are horrendous on K2, more so than, say, on Everest.

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Ghost Mountain is the name given by U.S. Army servicemen in 1942 to Mount Obree, a mountain in the Owen Stanley Range in the southeast of Papua New Guinea. Known locally as Suwemalla, Ghost Mountain rises to a height of 3,080 metres (10,100 ft).

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