Praqpa Kangri

{{Short description|Unclimbed peak in the Karakoram}}

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Praqpa Kangri – Praqpa Ri

| photo = Muztagh tower - skil brum 1909 sella.jpg

| photo_caption = Praqpa Kangri is just left of the middle of the photo

| elevation_m = 7134

| prominence_m = 233

| range = Baltoro Muztagh

| listing = Skil Brum

| location = Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)

| map = Pakistan

| map_caption =

| coordinates = {{coords|35.829471|76.433030|format=dms|display=it}}

| coordinates_ref=

| first_ascent = Unclimbed

}}

Praqpa Kangri (or Praqpa Ri) is a mountain in Pakistan's Karakoram range in the territory of Gilgit-Baltistan.

Praqpa Kangri has an altitude of {{Höhe|7134}} (some sources put the summit at {{Höhe|7156}}). The main summit is located 2.33 km south of Skil Brum. The peak's prominence is 668 m. The Savoia glacier flows from the east flank of the mountain towards the Godwin-Austen-Glacier. The Biango Glacier lies to the west of the peak, as does eight-thousanders K2 and Broad Peak.{{Cite web |title=Simon Messner and Martin Sieberer attempt Praqpa Ri in the Karakorum |url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/simon-messner-martin-sieberer-attempt-praqpa-ri-karakorum.html |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=PlanetMountain.com}}

It is considered one of the world's highest unclimbed mountains, with no successful recorded summits on the main peak as of 2024.

In 2016, Canadian climber Nancy Hansen and German climber Ralf Dujmovits made the first recorded ascent attempt on Praqpa Ri.{{Cite web |last=gripped |date=2016-05-16 |title=Nancy Hansen and Ralf Dujmovits Prepare for Unclimbed 7,000-metre Karakorum Peaks |url=https://gripped.com/routes/canadian-nancy-hansen-recieves-2016-shipton-tilman-award/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Gripped Magazine |language=en-US}} Hansen received the Hiding in Plain Sight: Unclimbed Summits in the Karakorum award from the Shipton-Tilman Grant program to support the climb.{{Cite web |last=gripped |date=2016-05-16 |title=Canadians Receive 2016 Shipton-Tilman Award for Big Objectives |url=https://gripped.com/news/canadians-receive-2016-shipton-tilman-award-for-big-objectives/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Gripped Magazine |language=en-US}} The pair spent two months attempting to climb the peak,{{Cite web |title=AAC Publications - Gasherbrum VI, Southwest Ridge, Attempt; Praqpa Ri, East-Southeast Ridge, Attempt |url=https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201213884 |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=publications.americanalpineclub.org}} ultimately reaching 6,300 meters before turning back due to poor snow conditions.{{Cite web |last=Nestler |first=Stefan |date=July 15, 2016 |title=Praqpa Ri remains unclimbed too |url=https://blogs.dw.com/adventuresports/index.html%3Fp=27928.html |access-date=July 24, 2024 |website=Deutsche Welle}}

In 2021, Martin Sieberer and Simon Messner made a second attempt to climb Praqpa Ri.{{Cite web |last=Benavides |first=Angela |date=2021-09-03 |title=Messner, Marin Stymied: No Luck for Last Climbers in the Karakorum » Explorersweb |url=https://explorersweb.com/messner-marin-stymied-no-luck-for-last-climbers-in-the-karakorum/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Explorersweb}} They were prevented from the summit after reaching 6,000 twice, as the higher sections were impassable due to snow conditions.{{Cite web |title=AAC Publications - Praqpa Ri Central, Attempts |url=https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201216204 |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=publications.americanalpineclub.org}} After returning from the expedition, Messner recounted the steepness of the mountain's slopes are prone to avalanches, requiring good weather to climb safely. He suggested that the increasing risk of climate change meant the likelihood of a successful summit on Praqpa Ri is growing increasingly rare.{{Cite web |last=Nestler |first=Stefan |date=2021-09-22 |title=Simon Messner on climate change: "We can no longer look away!" |url=https://abenteuer-berg.de/en/simon-messner-on-climate-change-we-can-no-longer-look-away/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Adventure Mountain |language=en-GB}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Praqpa Kangri North

| elevation_m = 7096

| elevation_ref =

| prominence_m = 136

| prominence_ref =

| parent_peak = Praqpa Kangri

| location = Gilgit-Baltistan

| coordinates = {{coords|35|49|59|N|76|25|33|E}}

| first_ascent = Unclimbed

}}