Mount Machapuchare, Fish Tail Mountain, where no human has ever set foot. This majestic peak in the Himalayas of the North central Nepal is called Machapuchare, also known as “Fish Tail Mountain.” At 22,943 feet it’s considerably less tall than Mt. Everest. You probably have never heard of anyone who’s climbed Machapuchare, and that’s for a very good reason, no one ever has.That's because Fish Tail Mountain is a sacred peak in the Hindu religion, associated with Shiva.

Mount Machapuchare, Fish Tail Mountain, where no human has ever set foot. This majestic peak in the Himalayas of the North central Nepal is called Machapuchare, also known as “Fish Tail Mountain.” At 22,943 feet it’s considerably less tall than Mt. Everest. You probably have never heard of anyone who’s climbed Machapuchare, and that’s for a very good reason, no one ever has.That's because Fish Tail Mountain is a sacred peak in the Hindu religion, associated with Shiva. Lord Shiva is supposed to live on the peak. As one of the last places on Earth where human beings had never set foot, naturally it was a target for Western mountaineers, particularly the British, who had conquered the big Kahuna of no humans allowed places, Mt. Everest in 1953. In fact, it was a member of that expedition, one Wilfrid Noyce, who came the closest anybody ever has to the summit on a 1957 expedition. The king of Nepal had asked Noyce to respect Hindu religious customs and not set foot on the summit. He and his climbing companion, A.D.M. Cox, turned back 150 feet short of the summit.
Har Har Mahadev!