Machapuchare, “Fish Tail Mountain” from the Annapurna base camp .This majestic peak in the Himalayas is at 22,943 feet .This mountain is a sacred peak in the Hindu religion, associated with the god Shiva. Lord Shiva is supposed to live on the peak, which evidently gets is name from the shape of the summit .Machapuchare has never been climbed to its summit. The only attempt was in 1957 by a British team,but they had promised not to set foot on the actual summit.Since then, the mountain has been declared sacred, and is now closed to climbers.