K2 was first surveyed in 1856 by Colonel T.G. Montgomerie, who named it as the second peak (K2) in the Karakoram range. The mountain's name, Mount Godwin-Austen, honors Henry Godwin-Austen, an early ...

A video of mountaineers walking past an injured sherpa who eventually died on the K2 mountain in Pakistan has sparked a backlash. The video showed mountaineers stepping over Pakistani porter Mohammad ...

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 ...

Despite being nearly 800 feet shorter than Mount Everest, K2 is a more deadly mountain. Mountaineer Jake Meyer told Insider several critical factors contribute to making K2 so dangerous. On K2, ...

Tragedy has struck late into the perilous K2 climbing season, after a Chinese climber was hit by falling rocks and killed while descending the world's second-tallest mountain. China's Jing Guan was ...

They summited the mountain after nearly 40 days. At the end of July, Ang D Sherpa, the owner of Sonoma Taxi, flew back to his home in Nepal and embarked on a major adventure: summiting K2 alongside ...

Climbing season has begun in the Korakorum mountian range, and Madison Mountaineering's expedition, led by Terray Sylvestor, will attempt an unclimbed peak, Broad Peak and mighty K2. "Today was ...

At the end of July, Ang D Sherpa, the owner of Sonoma Taxi, flew back to his home in Nepal and embarked on a major adventure: summiting K2 alongside three of his brothers. After nearly 40 days, they ...