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.” ...

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 ...

The world’s second-highest mountain looms even higher above ... SST brought the first large-scale commercial climbing operation to K2 in the summer of 2018. Following the pandemic shutdown ...

At 8,611 meters, K2 is second in height to Mount Everest but is known as the more difficult to climb. For this reason, it is dubbed the "devil’s mountain" or ruthless mountain. Many climbers ...

Summit bids have begun in earnest on Annapurna. Annapurna I is the 10th highest mountain in the world, standing at 8,091 meters (26,545 feet) in the Himalayas o ...

At 18:18 local time Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner from Austria reached the summit of K2. In doing so she has become the first woman in the world to climb all fourteen 8000m ... To reach the top of the second ...

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 ...