"It’s a savage mountain that tries to kill you," American alpinist George Bell said of 8,611m K2. Bell was speaking in 1953, after he and his climbing partners nearly died while attempting the ...

Among them is the deadly K2 , the world’s second tallest mountain, which boasts a terrifying death rate of more than 20%. Officials had previously planned to triple climbing fees, meaning ...

Vanessa O'Brien, the fastest woman to climb the highest peak on every continent and the first American and British woman to climb the second-highest mountain in the world, explains why K2 is a ...

A member in a group of seven, who paid one-seventh of a $12,000 collective permit to climb K2, would now pay $5,000 individually -- nearly a 300% increase. The other four Pakistani 8,000’ers ...

We spoke with climber Nims Purja about climbing K2, his essential gear, the food he eats on every climb, his best advice and more for his MJ5. The first phase included Annapurna, Dhaulagiri ...

He has a lot on his mind these days. After losing his longtime climbing partner in an accident in Hokkaido in 2015, Hiraide is now plotting to conquer K2, the world’s second highest peak ...

After getting a special permit to climb the peak, Purja’s team endured 75-kilometer-per-hour winds and an avalanche on the way to Camp 1. His team also broke trail and set the ropes on K2 ...

They say a winter climb is particularly dangerous because of the unpredictable and rapid change in weather conditions. Winter winds on K2 can blow at more than 200 kph (125 mph) and temperatures ...