In reply to chiz:
I wrote that piece that you quote on SP, about Denz on Machupuchare. I have never heard of anyone climbing Kailash.
Kawa Karpo (Meilixueshan) up in NW Yunnan on the Tibet border is off-limits. I went there in 2002, knowing this, but going for the peak next to it, unauthorised, but the villagers would not let us go above the village, saying they would be ´punished´by the monks over in Minyong village, where the glacier is. We left and went elsewhere. This is written up in the 2003 AAJ.
The highest peak in Bhutan is Gangkar Punzum. It is the highest unclimbed mountain in the world and has been for some years. Many online sources cite Kula Kangri as Bhutan´s highest, but in fact it is now considered to be wholly within China (Tibet) by about 20km. I attempted it (officially this time) in April/May this year. Photos on Summitpost.org
Just last month some Brits got turned back from a mountain in Sichuan as the monks protested, after a severe storm hit the village soon after the climbers arrival. They changed to another peak.
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