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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

The attempt to return to climbing's true roots: by honest means and work, work, work. This, as always, is our only secret." Oscar Cadiach, Manel de la Matta, Jordi Corominas, Jordi Tosas and Valentí ...

Mauduit, who started her push later, was climbing fast and passed the two men at the Bottleneck. On August 3 at 5:00 pm, Mauduit summited K2. Nikiforov topped out two hours later. Kieser stayed at ...

Something of a 'legendary grandfather' in Himalayan climbing circles, he was best known for making ... Rick was "on fire for a potential new route up K2, the mountain of mountains," remembers Jerry.

After losing his longtime climbing partner ... his latest goal of conquering K2 by a new route, Hiraide said he felt overwhelmed by the compelling power of the mountain when he went on a ...

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 ...