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.” ...

Mountaineers have been paying tribute to two experienced climbers who are missing on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain. Kazuya Hiraide, 45, and Kenro Nakajima, 39, are two of Japan’s ...

above all when climbing a mountain such as K2. In the mountains, and on this mountain in particular, climbers must be aware of and respect the difficulties and dangers and, at times, know how to ...

Pakistani military helicopters continued to search for three missing climbers on the world’s second highest mountain K2 on February 8, as hope of their survival faded rapidly. Muhammad Ali ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 the list.