Also known as the "Savage Mountain," K2 is generally considered among the most difficult of the world's 8,000ers, and its death rate was historically one of the highest of all 14 mountains, along ...

At first, they thought it was a Spaniard from the Basque Country because he wore a jacket with the logo “Bask” on it. Indeed, Basque climber Atxo Apellaniz died on K2 in 1994. But he was on ...

Kristin Harila conquered Everest, K2 and 12 other peaks above 8,000m in a non-stop expedition in three countries in half the time of the previous record-holder.

K2 K2 stands 28,251 ft. making it the second highest mountain in the world, just 778 ft. shorter than Mt. Everest. K2 is also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, or C ...

K2, often nicknamed "The Savage Mountain," is so treacherous that, as of August 2022, approximately 700 people have reached the summit, Climbing magazine reports. So far, at least 91 people have ...

Two elite mountaineers have died on K2. Kazuya Hiraide, 45, and Kenro Nakajima, 39, fell from approximately 24,500 ft. on the mountain's West Face.

Female mountain climbers face more obstacles than men when climbing the Himalayan mountain K2, but they choose to do so anyway for the thrill it provides, according to Jennifer Jordan, a journalist ...

Spanish mountaineer Sergi Mingote has died while climbing K2, the world's second highest summit, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Saturday. A Spanish mountain climber has died after ...

After reaching K2’s summit in winter, the first all-Nepali team to claim an 8,000-meter climbing record celebrates at Base Camp. “We did it for Nepal,” Nirmal “Nims” Purja says.

A renowned Scottish climber died in an avalanche while attempting to scale K2 in northern Pakistan, the world's second-highest mountain peak, a Pakistani mountaineering official and the charity ...