Palisades79 wrote:Is there a list of the highest peaks on each continent with no known ascent ? Are there any in North & South America ?
A list? What kind of fun is that? Part of the satisfaction and joy of climbing such peaks is working it out yourself!
For South America, for a long time it was Chimbote, in Chile, near Tupungato, but that was climbed last year. No idea what it is now.
I kind of know what it is for North America, but an occasional poster on here knows the issue better, and I guess there is some technical issue with prominence etc.
For Asia it's Gangkar Puenzum, in Bhutan, followed by either Labuche Kang II or Karjiang, both in Tibet. Saser Kangri II East was 2nd, but Americans climbed it last year.
Pustelnik had a thing about doing the 3rd7 but he never got far into it, afaik, other than Asia (the hardest). The concept of the 2nd7 has been around at least since Dick Bass did the Seven Summits. His feat was considered proof how easy those peaks were, so straight away people noticed that the 2nd7 were actually harder.