K2 has often flashed its savage side. One of the most famous disasters came in the summer of 1995. We examine the 1995 K2 disaster in part two of a series.
Climbers attempting the world's second tallest mountain were due to fork out $5,000 each under a planned price increase ...
Climbers' harebrained endeavors to make risky first winter ascents of K2 were rife with ego and tragedy, as well as intrigue and triumph. It's New Year's Eve, 2020, at K2 base camp, a tent ...
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 ...
According to the company, the two were climbing an unexplored route on the west face of K2, an 8,611-meter-high peak in the Karakoram Range in Pakistan on July 27. They had passed the 7,500-meter ...
Here's some good news for climbers planning to visit the Karakoram this year. Pakistan's threat to triple permit prices is on ...
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 ...
When a climber falls or wanders off the trail, it's an unwritten code of the mountain to leave them for dead, according to the film. The first person to reach K2's summit was Spaniard Alberto ...
In August 2008, around 30 climbers took on K2. Over 2 disastrous days, 11 of those people would lose their lives. This is the story of what really happened. Sitting on the border between China and ...
On Annapurna one climber attempting the summit dies for every three that make it to the top – making it the deadliest of the group. K2 and Nanga Parbat follow with one death for every four ...
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 ...