Sepu Kangri

The Sepu Kangri (also Sapu Mountain from Chinese) is a mountain in Biru County, Nagqu prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. The mountain is 285 km east-northeast of Lhasa and 178 km east-southeast of Nagqu Town. With a height of 6956 m, it forms the highest point in the eastern part of the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains. The full name of the mountain is Sepu Kunglha Karpo, meaning "white snow god".

The mountain is sacred in Tibetan Bon tradition. The mountain is referred to as in that context. There is a Bon monastery that is more than half millennium old in the valley below.

Climbing history
Chris Bonington and Charles Clarke explored the mountain in 1996. In the following two years they tried unsuccessfully to climb Sepu Kangri.

Finally, on October 2, 2002 Carlos Buhler and Mark Newcomb succeeded in first ascent.