It is the only mountain above 8,000m - of which there ... Alex Gavan Tamara Lunger will also be climbing K2 Flanked by vast glaciers and thrashed by sub-zero winds, as well as frequent icefalls ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Nepali climbers are the first to summit ... record by becoming the first to reach the summit of K2, the world's second highest mountain, in winter. Mountaineer Nimsdai Purja, a member of ...

Towering over the Karakoram range, K2 is the second-tallest peak on Earth — but also considered the planet's hardest mountain to climb. Its summit is 28,251 feet, or 8,611 meters, above sea ...

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 ...

on the second highest mountain in the world on July 20th ... to attempt pioneering a new route on the West Face of K2. They planned to climb alpine style – carrying minimal gear and going ...

Winter K2 emerged as alpinism’s last great first: the world’s toughest mountain in the most dangerous season. This past winter, more than 60 climbers constituting four teams of varying sizes ...