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 ...

The captain of another climbing team on K2 checked the situation from a helicopter and reported that the two Japanese “were connected by a rope about 6,300 meters up the mountain.” ...

After losing his longtime climbing partner ... his latest goal of conquering K2 by a new route, Hiraide said he felt overwhelmed by the compelling power of the mountain when he went on a ...

The first person to reach K2's summit was Spaniard ... trying to free the Korean climbers, Confortola claims that McDonnell started to hike back up the mountain (he may have been suffering from ...

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 ...

At 18:18 local time Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner from Austria reached the summit of K2. In doing so she ... in its nigh 30 year history only 20 climbers have ascended this route to the summit. To reach the ...

The attempt to return to climbing's true roots: by honest means and work, work, work. This, as always, is our only secret." Oscar Cadiach, Manel de la Matta, Jordi Corominas, Jordi Tosas and Valentí ...

In August 2008, around 30 climbers took on K2. Over 2 disastrous days ... It looks like a kid's drawing of a mountain...but this terrifying peak is anything but child's play.

We spoke with climber Nims Purja about climbing K2, his essential gear ... I'm very excited for Cho Oyu because that’s the last mountain and I would like to open the route from the Nepal ...

This article uncovers the highest mountains in Asia and their breathtaking altitudes, with the Himalayas' peaks dominating ...