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Machapuchare has stood unclimbed since 1957, not because the summit is out of reach, but because Nepal decided some mountains should stay untouched.
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 20, 2026
In 1957, two British climbers stood roughly 150 feet below the top of a Himalayan peak — closer to a summit most people will never see up close in their lives — and then turned around and climbed back down. They had permission to go no further. Nearly seventy…
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