 According to the Langzhou Glaciers Research Institute, there are a total of 2,905 glaciers in the range covering a total area of .Most of the peaks in East Nyenchen Tanglha, sometimes called the "Alps of Tibet", are unclimbed.Sepu Kangri itself was attempted twice by Chris Bonington and Charles Clarke in 1997 and 1998, about which experience Bonington and Clarke wrote the book "Tibet's Secret Mountain