He was one of 11 climbers who died in one of the deadliest days in mountaineering history when an ice fall swept away fixed ropes on the peak in Pakistan. K2, known as the Savage Mountain ...

Rescue efforts have been called off for two famed Japanese mountain climbers and photographers who fell from K2, the world’s second-highest peak, in Pakistan. Ishii Sports Co., which Kazuya ...

She reached the peak of K2 in the summer of 2014, becoming only the second Italian woman in history to do so without oxygen. But scaling K2 in the dead of winter when temperatures can fall to ...

At 8,611 meters, K2 is second in height to Mount Everest but ... describes ascending an unclimbed route on an 8,000-meter peak as “unimaginably difficult.” “The body’s functions ...

K2 (8,611m / 28,251 feet): Known as the "Savage Mountain," K2, the world’s second-highest peak is located on the Pakistan-China border in the Karakoram range. It is famed for its technical ...

Sultana Nasab, a trailblazing mountaineer from Pakistan, has etched her name in history with an extraordinary feat—scaling K2 ...

The news is just in: Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner has reached the summit of K2. The Austrian mountaineer stood on top of the 8611m peak at 18:18 local Pakistan time, and shortly afterwards she was joined by ...

Cho Oyu is Urubko's third new route on an 8000m peak, after Manaslu and Broad Peak, and comes in the wake of his K2 ascent via the Japanaese route up the difficult and remote north face, and the ...

Speaking metaphorically, he said that it was "adventurous because we did not know which peak we would reach – Mt Everest or Mt K2." Neeraj, despite his season's best effort of 89.45m ...