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 ...

He has a lot on his mind these days. After losing his longtime climbing partner in an accident in Hokkaido in 2015, Hiraide is now plotting to conquer K2, the world’s second highest peak ...

It was the group’s second attempt at climbing K2 this winter, in a season that has already seen three other climbers die in the area. Bulgarian Atanas Skatov’s body was picked up by a ...

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 ...

Here's some good news for climbers planning to visit the Karakoram this year. Pakistan's threat to triple permit prices is on hold until at least 2026.

SST brought the first large-scale commercial climbing operation to K2 in the summer of 2018. Following the pandemic shutdown of 2020, the company found an unexpectedly robust market for Winter K2 ...

So when you are climbing there, even if you are on oxygen ... to a memorial at the bottom of the mountain. That's why on K2, I was worried about our team. Our team's summit was 16 hours.

When you're on the actual climb, K2 is shaped like a triangle so it's demanding 110% day one, whereas Everest, there's twists and turns, so it's not always climbing steep. Weather is much more ...

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 ...

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